Mary Karen Rogers
Executive Director
Mary Karen has established her career in legal higher education over the past three decades, starting in the Admissions/Financial Aid Office, Registrar’s Office and recently earning the leadership role in the Career Development Office at Suffolk University Law School.

Mary Karen was appointed to the position of Executive Director in the Career Development Office in 2007. She served as the Associate Director of the Career Development Office at Suffolk University Law School from 1986-2007, as well as the Budget and Program Coordinator for the Rappaport Honors Program in Law and Public Service from 1999-2002. She has been meeting, counseling and following the careers of innumerable Suffolk students and alumni in the Career Development Office over the past twenty years.

Her educational background includes a Masters in Counseling and Human Resource Development, which she received in 1992. Ms. Rogers is a member of The Association for Legal Career Professionals, American Counseling Association, Massachusetts Law School Consortium, the Boston Lawyers Group and The Northeast Law Consortium. Ms. Rogers served as co-director of the Northeast Law Consortium from 1988-2001. Mary Karen has previously participated in career related panels for the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association.

[ back to top ]

Christopher Teague, Esq.
Associate Director
Christopher joined the CDO in February 2010. Prior to joining Suffolk, he worked as a Career Advisor at Northeastern University School of Law. He has also served as Director of Admissions at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Chris is an active member of the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association, the Massachusetts Law School Consortium, the Northeast Law School Consortium, and NALP (The Association for Legal Career Professionals). He is a panelist, speaker, and author on a wide range of career and technology topics, and he will be a speaker in two programs involving e-learning technologies and counseling students for criminal justice careers at NALP’s 2011 annual conference.

Chris received his B.A. in Sociology from Connecticut College and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. During law school, he completed internships with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC; The Honorable Hugh Bownes of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Evans in Miami, FL; and the Palm Beach County Public Defender’s Office. After graduation, he completed a judicial clerkship and then spent nearly 10 years practicing criminal law, both as an Assistant District Attorney in Boston and as a defense attorney. He is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and New York and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Boston Bar Association. In addition to his legal career, Chris is active in professional theater, and he currently leads the award-winning Metro Stage Company, which he co-founded in 2004.

[ back to top ]

Dorothy Commons
Assistant Director for Programs
Dorothy received her B.A. in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her M.S. in counseling psychology from Northeastern University. She was hired as Assistant Director of Career Services at New England School of Law in August 1994 and was promoted to Director in 1996. She joined Suffolk University Law School in 1998 as a career counselor and became Assistant Director for Programs in 2000. She is a member of the National Association for Law Placement and the Massachusetts Law School Consortium. She currently serves on the steering committee of the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association (MALRA). Dorothy is a qualified administrator and interpreter of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

[ back to top ]

Maureen Ricciuti
Career Counselor
Maureen holds a B.A. in social sciences/psychology from Boston College and an M.A. in education and human development from George Washington University. She started in law school career services in 1989 at the National Law Center at George Washington University. In 1991 she became the Assistant Director of Career Development at New England School of Law. She joined the staff at Suffolk University Law School in 1994, where she worked as an assistant director until May 2001. Maureen is a member of Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the National Board for Certified Counselors, and the National Association for Law Placement, for which she was the northeast regional coordinator for the Annual National Education Conference in 1995. Currently a part-time career counselor, Maureen is also qualified to administer and interpret the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

[ back to top ]

Margaret Talmers
Judicial Clerkship Advisor
Margaret received her A.B. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan and her J. D. from Northeastern University School of Law.  After law school, she clerked for the Honorable A. David Mazzone of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts forseveral years.   Her former private practice focused on civil litigation and included special education advocacy. Margaret taught legal research and writing as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University School of Law, and served as a Co-op Advisor in their Office of Cooperative Legal Education. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.  She is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and Women’s Bar Association.   She is an active member of  NALP’s Judicial Clerkship Section.

Prior to attending law school, Margaret worked as a canvasser for a state-widecitizen actionorganization, a research assistant at Harvard University and a paralegal and later adatabase administrator at Mintz Levin. She joined the Career Development Office in January 2008.

[ back to top ]

Betsy is a former President of NALP (The Association for Legal Career Professionals) and twice served on NALP’s Board of Directors. She serves (and has served) on several national commissions and committees for NALP that have set standards and practices for the legal recruiting industry. Betsy has also served on the Executive Board of the Student Services Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and is a frequent speaker at NALP, AALS, and ABA conferences. She is a past President of the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association (MALRA) and an active member of the Boston Lawyers Group. Betsy is a graduate of Smith College with an A.B. in Italian Language and Literature.She is an avid sailor and Italofile.

[ back to top ]

Michelle Dobbins
Associate Director for Recruitment and Marketing
Michelle has a B.S. in finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an MBA from Suffolk University. Michelle has worked in the Career Development Office at Suffolk University Law School since 1988 and has held various positions including career development assistant, recruitment coordinator, recruitment manager, and assistant director. She was promoted to Associate Director for Recruitment and Marketing in the summer of 2006. Michelle is an active member of the Massachusetts Legal Recruitment Association, where she currently serves as treasurer; the Massachusetts Law School Consortium, where she also currently serves as treasurer; the Northeast Law School Consortium; the American Bar Association; and the National Association for Law Placement.

[ back to top ]

Jessica Bonzek
Office Coordinator
Jessica graduated summa cum laude from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a B.A. in Fine and Performing Arts.  She worked in theater for a few years at such companies as Shakespeare & Company and Goodspeed Opera House before moving on to office work.  Jessica still involves herself in the theater world by working with Metro Stage Company.  She is currently pursuing education in Nonprofit Management and leads a project with high school students to raise awareness of global poverty.  Jessica joined the Career Development Office in January 2010 as a temp and became an official Suffolk employee in May 2010.

[ back to top ]