Jodi Haley joined the Office of Career Development in November 2011. Before coming to the law school, Jodi worked as an attorney and law student recruiter for seven years at the international law firm of Locke Lord in Boston, MA. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Administration from Boston College in 2010 and her Bachelor of Science degree in History and Political Science…
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After graduating from the Harvard Law School, , cum laude,, Professor Zlotnick clerked for a federal appellate judge, worked as a white collar defense attorney in a national law firm, and served as a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. In 1995, Professor Zlotnick founded a litigation project for the public interest group, Families Against Mandatory Minimums ("FAMM"), which opposes the indiscriminate use of mandatory minimum penalties for non-violent…, Rolling Stone, , , BBC Television, , , The Washington Post , and , The, , New York Times, . He has also testified before the Judiciary Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives and his articles on sentencing and other subjects have appeared in top fifty legal journals. Professor Zlotnick directs the District of Columbia Semester in Practice which immerses students in Washington, D.C.’s legal and policy world through a full-time placement with a federal…
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The Honorable William Smith is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Smith was a partner at Edwards & Angell practicing labor and employment law.
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Miriam Ross is in private practice, serving as outside general counsel to small and medium-sized businesses providing stragegic, transactional and governance advice and counsel. She previously served as assistant general counsel to GTECH Corporation and as corporate counsel to Textron, Inc.
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Patrick Quinlan has been a dispute resolution professional for almost two decades, with extensive experience in all aspects of alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration.
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The Honorable Stephen Erickson served as an Associate Judge of the Rhode Island District Court from 1990 until his retirement in 2010. While on the bench he organized and implemented the first mental health diversion program in the Rhode Island judiciary; that program has been responsible for diverting hundreds of mentally ill individuals from the regular process of the criminal justice system.…
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Robert Collins is a partner at Clinton & Muzyka, P.C., specializing in general maritime law litigation in state and federal court, Jones Act personal injury litigation, passenger personal injury litigation, corporate and transactional documentation, and related administrative proceedings.
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Loraine Della Porta, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Peace, Democracy and Development at the UMass Boston’s Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies. She is the founder and President of The Resolution Collaborative. Previously, she served as the Deputy Director of the MA Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration.
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Jerry Cohen is a partner in the Boston and Providence law firm of Burns & Levinson LLP, where he is co-chair of its IP/Science and Technology Department. He is presently the President of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. He has more than 40 years of experience as a lawyer dealing with issues including patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, licensing and franchising.
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