Administration
Roger J. Dennis - (email: roger.j.dennis@drexel.edu) - Founding Dean - Dean Dennis has extensive experience in legal education and expertise in securities, antitrust, corporate law, civil procedure and law and economics. He became founding dean at Drexel after serving as provost, the head of campus, at Rutgers-Camden and dean of the Rutgers-Camden School of Law. Dean Dennis has held an elected seat on the American Law Institute for nearly two decades and chaired numerous committees of the American Bar Association Section on Legal Education as well as the Association of American Law Schools. He is the chair of United Way Board of Camden County, former vice chair of the Camden County Regional Legal Services Board and a current trustee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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Daniel M. Filler - (email: daniel.m.filler@drexel.edu) - Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs - Dean Filler is an expert on criminal law and procedure, death penalty law, children’s rights and juvenile justice law, special education law and trial-practice skills. Dean Filler earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law after serving as Note & Comment editor for the New York University Law Review and placing first in the Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition. He also worked as research assistant for former Professor John Sexton, who is now president of NYU. He clerked for Judge J. Dickson Phillips Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit before becoming assistant public defender for the Defender Association of Philadelphia and then staff attorney for the Bronx Defenders. Before coming to Drexel, Dean Filler served as a tenured faculty member at the University of Alabama School of Law.
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Kevin P. Oates - (email: kevin.p.oates@drexel.edu) - Senior Associate Dean of Students - Dean Oates is the faculty advisor to the Drexel Law Moot Court Board and OUTLAW (gay, lesbian and transgender students association). He received his J.D. from Pace University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and served on the Pace Law Review. Dean Oates 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, Dean Oates practiced law for 10 years. ^ Top
Susan Brooks - (email: susan.brooks@drexel.edu) - Associate Dean for Experiential Learning
- Dean Brooks is an expert on experiential learning, family law, children’s rights and therapeutic jurisprudence. She came to Drexel from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she was a clinical professor of law and supervised the Child and Family Law Policy Clinic. Dean Brooks was a case worker for Jewish Family and Community Service in Chicago before earning her J.D. at New York University School of Law, where she was note and comment editor for the New York University Law Review and received the Judge Aileen Haas Schwartz Award for outstanding work in the field of children and the law. After clerking for the Hon. Bernard A. Friedman of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dean Brooks became a litigation associate with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago.
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Zhiying
Feng - (email: zhiying.feng@drexel.edu) - Director
of Finance and Budget - Before joining the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, Zhiying Feng was Director of Budget, Planning and
Administration at Drexel University's Goodwin College of
Professional Studies for more than six years. At Goodwin
she served as the College's senior staff member for all
administrative functions including short and long-range
planning related to finances, operations, personnel, and
program development. Over the past 15 years, Ms. Feng has
held primary responsibilities in the areas of business
administration, financial analysis, budget planning, position
control and fiscal management in various positions within
higher education, including the University of California
at Los Angeles and the Community College of Philadelphia.
Ms. Feng serves as the key financial resource to the Earle
Mack School of Law administration, and is liaison with
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Steven
Freedman, J.D. - (email: freedman@drexel.edu) - Associate
Director, Law School Admissions - Mr. Freedman practiced
law for several years at a Center City commercial litigation
firm. As a Drexel alumnus (B.S. '95), Mr. Freedman
knows first-hand the value of an integrated co-operative
education program and is excited to spread Drexel's message
to prospective students. Mr. Freedman graduated from
the Temple University School of Law where he served as
Managing Editor of the Temple Law Review. At the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University ,
Mr. Freedman participates in all aspects of recruiting,
from hosting potential students to planning innovative
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Theresa
Gallo - (email: theresa.gallo@drexel.edu) -
Assistant Director of Academic Services -
Ms. Gallo began her student services career at the records
office of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston
University. For the last three years, she served as assistant
records manager there, handling registration, graduation,
and advising for graduate students. Theresa’s
main roles in the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) are to
manage the various processes related to the Law School’s
academic cycle (e.g., registration, exam administration,
grade finalization)
and our student record system.
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Sarah
Greenblatt (email: sgreenblatt@drexel.edu) – Communications
Manager – Sarah Greenblatt came to the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University
after working as a reporter for 13 years, covering a range
of topics including higher education, health, scientific
research, government and legal matters for newspapers in
New Jersey. As Communications Manager, Ms. Greenblatt is
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Mary
McGovern - (email: mmcgovern@drexel.edu) - Assistant
Dean for Administration - Before coming to the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, Dean McGovern was the Director of the Complex Litigation
Center of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania for
13 years, a position that the Administrative Judge has
called “indispensable to the operations of the court.” In
that capacity she had primary responsibility for creating
and overseeing the management and efficient resolution
of some 40,000 mass tort claims, 32 different judicial
programs ranging from asbestos to Fen-Phen, and almost
two-thirds of the court’s entire civil litigation
inventory. As Assistant Dean, Ms. McGovern is responsible
for hiring and supervising clerical staff, setting up all
non-academic events, acting as the liaison with city, state
and federal agencies, and managing the physical plant including
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Amy
Montemarano, J.D. - (email: amymonte@drexel.edu) - Assistant
Dean of Career and Professional Development - Ms.
Montemarano brings to the job her extensive and varied experiences
as a lawyer and a legal educator. After graduating from Rutgers-Camden
Law School with honors, she worked in Philadelphia as a litigation
associate, gaining valuable experiences at both a small and
large firm. For seven years she worked as a law clerk for
a federal judge at the magistrate and district court levels.
Just as significantly, she was a teacher and mentor to students
at Rutgers-Camden, where she taught legal writing for two
years before coming to the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University to initially
teach legal methods. Ms. Montemarano oversees the career
services functions at the Earle Mack School of Law, including student
counseling, development of summer and post-graduate job opportunities,
and offering published and on-line employment resources to
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Reena
E. Parambath, J. D. - (email: reena.e.parambath@drexel.edu) -
Director of the Co-op Program and Associate Teaching Professor -
Professor Parambath received her B.A.
from
the
University
of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Temple University. She was
a partner at the law firm of Rawle & Henderson and served
as an Assistant City Solicitor in the Philadelphia Law Department.
Her diverse practice experience includes both transactions
and litigation. Prior to joining the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, Professor Parambath
taught legal writing as an adjunct faculty member at Widener
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Karen
Pearlman Raab, J.D. - (email: kpearlman@drexel.edu) - Associate
Director for Public Interest Programs - Karen Pearlman Raab
earned her B.A. and graduated cum laude with distinguished
honors from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was
awarded The E. Digby Baltzell Thesis Award and The Sackler
Research Grant. She then attended the University of Pittsburgh
School of Law, where she received the School of Law Community
Service Award. Ms. Pearlman Raab's background evidences her strong
commitment to public service. While in law school, she was
the recipient of a Morgan, Lewis and Bockius Public Interest
Grant. Her public sector work experience includes internships
with Regional Housing Legal Services and Kids Voice in Pittsburgh,
and Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. Before attending
law school, Ms. Pearlman Raab worked at the Philadelphia Volunteers
for the Indigent Program (VIP) and Pepper Hamilton, LLP in
the Health Effects Litigation practice group. Ms. Pearlman Raab
is directly responsible for the Pro Bono Service Requirement,
and develops and coordinates other public
interest programs at the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University. ^
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Mark
J. Toth - (email: mark.toth@drexel.edu) -
Assistant Dean for Student Services – Dean
Toth has been involved in student affairs administration
for over 15
years.
He began as a graduate assistant, working for the housing department
at Marquette University, a mid-size Jesuit, Catholic university
in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). After working for six years in two
different positions in Residence Life, he took a position at
the law school, where he remained for the next 10 years. Dean
Toth’s experience is far-ranging, including work
in the areas of recruitment, new student orientation, housing,
registration and academic advising, financial aid, disability
services, student government/organization advising, event management,
and career counseling. At the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, he oversees
the Office of Student Affairs, which is responsible for vital
student services and programs, such as registration, exams,
and grades. Dean Toth serves as the Earle Mack School of Law’s
liaison with the University Registrar, Financial Aid Office,
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Alexandra
Vecchio, J.D. - (email: Alexandra.L.Vecchio@drexel.edu) - Associate
Director of Career and Professional Development -
Ms. Vecchio practiced law in Center City, Philadelphia
after serving as Law Clerk to the Honorable Heidi Willis
Currier of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Ms. Vecchio
is a cum laude graduate of the Catholic University, Columbus
School of Law where she was the Managing Editor of the Journal
of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. Ms. Vecchio
received her undergraduate degree in History and Political
Science from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Ms.
Vecchio assists in all aspects of career and professional
development at the law school, including student counseling,
providing access to resources for current and future job
opportunities, student programs, identification of career
goals, and evaluation of career options. ^
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Rashida
T. West, J.D. - (email: Rashida.T.West@drexel.edu) -
Career Advisor in Government and Public
Interest Law - Ms. West assists in all aspects of
career and professional development at the law school,
including student counseling, providing access to resources
for current and future job opportunities, student programs,
identification of career goals, and evaluation of career
options. A
graduate of Yale College and Temple University School of
Law, Rashida West joined the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University after practicing as
a Child Advocate attorney at the Support Center for Child
Advocates (Child Advocates), a pro bono program that represents
children in Philadelphia. Ms. West provided direct legal
representation to child clients, as well as legal assistance
to volunteer attorneys and staff social workers. Ms. West
joined Child Advocates as an Independence Foundation Fellow
focusing on legal representation and policy advocacy for
older youth aging-out of the child welfare system. ^
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