Subjects: Family Law, Family Law Clinic I and II, Professional Responsibility, Family Law Workshop Seminar

Service: Law School and University Committees: Chair, Nominating and Student Life Committees; Law Faculty Representative, University Provost Council and Budget and Planning Committees; Member, Appointments, Curriculum, Clinical, Professional Responsibility Committees, Dean's Advisory Council, 1995 ABA/AALS Site Review Committee; Member, Provost and Law School Dean Search Committees; Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Faculty Advisor: Women's Bar Association; Domestic Violence Advocacy Project; Family Law Association; Faculty Co-Advisor: Family Law Concentration

University of Sarajevo, Bosnia
Lecturer and Consultant, American Bar Association -- Central and East European Law Initiative

1987-88

Rody & Polowy, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland
Associate Attorney

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C. - Litigation Attorney

 

EDUCATION:

New York University School of Law
J.D. Degree - June 1978

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
B.A. Degree, May 1975 Magna Cum Laude

Durham University, Durham, England
Junior Year, 1973-1974

Books

Contributor, Steven Friedland and Gerald Hess, TEACHING THE LAW SCHOOL CURRICULUM, (Forthcoming 2003 Carolina Academic Press)

Law Review Articles

Engaging With the State: The Growing Reliance on Lawyers and Judges to Protect Battered Women, 11 Am.U.J. Gender Soc. Pol'y, & L. 101 (2003) (Symposium Issue)

Dealing With Complex Evidence of Domestic Violence: A Primer for the Civil Bench, 39 Court Review 12 (2002) (coauthored with Jane Aiken)

Evidence Issues in Domestic Violence Civil Cases, 34 ABA Fam. L. Q. 43 (Spring 2000) (co-authored with Jane Aiken)(reprinted in The Best Articles Published by the
ABA, 17 GP Solo 14 (2000) )

Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse and Child Welfare: The Legal System's Response, 3 Health Care L. & Pol=y 88 (1999) (co-authored with Dr. Margaret Potthast)

Rules, Responsibility and Commitment to Children: The New Language of
Morality in Family Law, 60 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 1111 (1999)

Legal Images of Motherhood: Conflicting Definitions from Welfare "Reform," Family and Criminal Law, 83 Cornell L. Rev. 688 (1998)

Lawyering for Social Change: The Power of the Narrative in Domestic Violence Law Reform, 21 Hofstra L. Rev. 1243 (1993) (symposium issue on domestic violence)

Access to Legal Remedies: The Crisis in Family Law, 8 BYU J. Pub. L. 123 (1993) (symposium issue from papers presented at International Society for Family Law's North American Conference, June, 1993.)

Eroding the Myth of Discretionary Justice in Family Law: The Child Support Experiment, 70 North Carolina L. Rev. 209 (1991)

Other

Changing Roles of Fatherhood, The Daily Record, July 3, 2003

Domestic Terror, The Baltimore Sun, Perspective Section, December 29, 2002

Rethinking Custody, The Daily Record, December 21, 2002

Longitudinal Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence, Risk, Well-Being, and Employment: Preliminary Findings, (with Dutton, Goodman and Lennig)(National Institute of Justice Proceedings 2001)

Rethinking the Laws Relating to Fathers, The Baltimore Sun, Perspective Section
June 24, 2001

When Daddy Wants Out: The Issue of Paternity, Md. Bar Journal (March 2000) (co-authored)

Collecting Child Support: Federal and State Initiatives, 34 Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy 16 (2000) (co-authored with Naomi Cahn)

Improve the City: Send Your Kids to Its Schools, Op. Editorial, The Baltimore Sun, January 10, 2000

`M' is for the Many Things that `Mother' Means, The Baltimore Sun, Perspective Section, May 3, 1998

Assembly Bill to Speed Divorce After Abuse Will Save Many Lives, Op. Editorial, The Baltimore Sun, February 24, 1998

Legal Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence: A Guide for the Treating Physician, 4 Md. Medical Journal 899 (1994)

The Myth of the Impartial Judge, Op. Editorial, The Baltimore Sun, March 29, 1993

BAR/BRI Maryland Domestic Relations Outline (1994)

Co-author, "Domestic Violence Law Poses Challenges for the Courts," 6 Md. Fam. Law Monthly 3 (1992)

Co-author, INCREASING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR MARYLAND'S FAMILIES (Chapters 1 & 2) (March 1992) (Report of Attorney General's Advisory Council on Legal Needs of Low Income Persons)

Maryland Trial Lawyer's Benchbook (1991 ed.) (Updates to Chapter 6.)

THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE IN MARYLAND (co-editor 1990 ed.)

Contributor, MICPEL Domestic Violence Training Manual (1995, 1998 and 2001 editions)

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:

Presenter, AALS Clinical Workshop, "Developing A Family Mediation Text and Course," May, 2003

Presenter, AALS Annual Meeting, "Developing Programs for Part Time and Evening Students," January, 2003

Presenter, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, December, 2001 and November, 2002

Plenary Speaker, AALS Section on Clinical Education Directors' Workshop, May, 2001

Speaker, Child Welfare League of America Conference on Kinship Caregivers, April, 2001

Plenary Speaker, AALS Equal Justice Project Inaugural Colloquium, September, 2000

Plenary Speaker, AALS Section on Women in Legal Education Annual Workshop, October, 1999

Speaker, "Child Welfare, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence: Exploring the Connections," ABA/U Md/UB Conference, May, 1999

Maryland Judicial Institute
Judicial Discretion (Crownsville, Maryland, March 8, 1996)
Domestic Violence Act of 1992 (co-designed curriculum and presented at mandatory conference for all district and circuit court judges in Maryland)
(Crownsville, Maryland, September and October 1992)

Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting, "Non-Lawyer Practice: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?" (program chair and speaker) (1996)

Society of American Law Teachers Annual Meeting, Diversity in the Law School Curriculum - Family Law Working Group Panelist (1994)

American Bar Association Annual Meeting, "Resolving Family Law Cases In A Court of General Jurisdiction," Family Law Section Presidential Program (1994)

International Society of Family Law 1993 North American Family Law Conference, "Access to Legal Remedies: The Crisis in Family Law" (1993)

American Bar Association Annual Pro Bono Conference "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Law Reform Projects in the Clinic" (1993)

AWARDS:

Benjamin L. Cardin Distinguished Service Award, 2002

Daily Record, Maryland's Top 100 Women Award, 1999

University of Baltimore School of Law, Outstanding Teaching Award, 1996

University of Baltimore, Domestic Violence Advocacy Project, Award for Outstanding Support, 1996

Rosalyn B. Bell Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Family Law (Women's Law Center of Maryland, 1995)

University of Baltimore Spirit of Excellence Faculty Award, 1993 and 1996

American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Outstanding Service Award, 1993

University of Baltimore Women's Bar Association, Professor of the Year, 1992

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, 1989 Pro Bono Award

GRANTS:

Annie E. Casey Foundation, Family Economic Success Roundtable ($9500)

University of Baltimore Education Foundation research grants ($4,800) (1991); ($6000) (1994); ($6000) (1997); ($5000)(1998-2001)

The Kreiger Fund for expansion of domestic violence component of Family Law Clinic ($15,000) (1992-93)

Maryland Legal Services Corporation for family law legal needs study ($50,000) (1991-92)

Co-author, funded grant proposals:

National Institute of Justice, "Ecological Model of Battered Women's Experience Over Time" ($350,000) (1999-2001)(Supervised and trained five research assistants who recruited 411 human subjects from Domestic Violence Criminal Court, District Court - Civil Division and House of Ruth Shelter, coauthoring analysis of data)

Administrative Office of the Courts, "Maryland Law Schools' Joint Domestic Law Pro Se Assistance Project" ($120,000) (1994-95); (renewed 1995-96)

Consultant, funded grant proposals:

Center for Disease Control, "Longitudinal Study of Battered Women in the Health Care System" (2002)

National Institute of Justice, "Ecological Model of Battered Women's Experience Over Time" - Phase II (2001-2002)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS:

Family and Juvenile Law Section (Chair 2001; Secretary/Treasurer 1999-2000); 2001 Program Chair; 1998 and 1999 Annual Meeting Program Committee

Standing Committee on Clinical Education (2000-2002 term)

Clinical Section (In-House Clinic Committee; Planning Committee, 1999 Annual Clinical Workshop)

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:

Co-Chair, Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Clinical and Skills Education Committee (2001-2004 term)

Judge, Schwab Essay Contest in Family Law (2002 - present)

Member, Various Site Evaluation Teams (2002 - present)

Member, Clinical Legal Education Association, Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations, Women's Bar Association of Maryland (1988 - present)

Board of Directors, Maryland Alliance Against Family Violence, 1993 - 1996

Advisory Board, Women's Law Center Kaufman Family Law Center, 1996 - 1997

Founding Member, New York University School of Law Public Interest Law Foundation, 1978

American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Legal Panel and Case Review Committee, 1989 -present

Vice-President, Women's Law Center of Maryland, 1990 -1992

Project Director, Attorney General's Advisory Council on Family Legal Needs of Low Income Persons, 1990-1992

Advisory Member, Maryland Court of Appeals Committees Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1993-1999

Member, Maryland Court of Appeals Ad Hoc Committee on Domestic Relations Forms and Committee on Implementation of Family Court, 1994-present

Member, Lt. Governor and Attorney General's Family Violence Council, 1995-present

Maryland State Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Section Council 1993 - 1997; Chair, 1996-97; Member, Special Committee on Appointments to the Board of Directors Legal Aid Bureau, 1994

Consultant, Foster Care Court Improvement Project Implementation Committee, April 1998-2002

Commentator on family law, legal education and gender and the law topics for local and national media including: Channel 11, 13, and 2; National Public Radio, the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Daily Record

Outside Reviewer, various promotion and tenure committees (1998 - present)

BAR ADMISSIONS:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Second, Fourth, Fifth Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; U. S. District Courts for District of Columbia and Maryland.