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Kevin
P. Oates
Associate Dean of Students
Associate
Professor of Law
Email: Kevin.P.Oates@drexel.edu
Phone: 215-571-4719
Office: Earle
Mack School of Law, Room 234
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Education
LL.M., Temple
University School of Law
J.D., cum laude, Pace University School of Law
B.A., Colby College
Kevin Oates’ chief
interests involve legal methods, conflict of laws, counseling,
negotiation and professional responsibility. He is the faculty
advisor to the Drexel Law Moot Court Board and OUTLAW (gay, lesbian
and transgender students association).
Professor Oates received
his J.D. from Pace University School of Law, where he graduated cum
laude and served on the Pace Law Review.
He came to Drexel from
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he was an
assistant professor of legal methods, served on the Appointments
and Curriculum Committees, coached the ABA Negotiation and Client
Counseling teams, and was administrator for the Alexander Hamilton
Inn of Court. Previously, he held a similar post at William S.
Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where
he was voted Law Professor of the Year in 2004. He also served
as a teaching fellow at Temple University’s Beasley School
of Law.
Prior to teaching, Professor
Oates practiced law for 10 years. He worked as an associate at
Cozen O’Connor P.C. and became a
junior partner at Gartner, Bloom & Greiper, P.C., where he
handled litigation, trials, appeals, arbitrations, and mediations.
He earned his LL.M.
in Legal Education from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Professor Oates’ scholarship
focuses on public policy and legal conflicts. His articles have
included “Professor Defend Thyself: The Failure of Universities
to Defend and Indemnify Their Faculty,” in the Willamette
Law Review, and “Public Policy and the Recognition
of Same-Sex Marriage,” in Nevada Lawyer.
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