Summer 2016

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  Public Servants

  These stories focus on just a few of the Kline School of Law alumni who are pursuing public service careers, as well as a new member of the law school faculty who had tremendous success in the public sector. Government jobs often command less pay than those in the private sector, yet the trajectory into the courtroom and direct client interactions is often shorter for those at public agencies. And as these alumni don't worry about billable hours, even if they leave at 5 pm.

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  From the Footlights to the Courtroom

  A theater buff in college, Capt. Racquel Hubbs Hawley, ’13, assistant staff judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force, has always appreciated great storytelling, whether in the form of a classic play or an episode of Law & Order. But when deciding her future, she opted for law school instead of a career in creative writing and as a 2L who joined the Trial Team found a new forum for her skills: the courtroom.

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  Coal Miner’s Friend

  No one knows more than Brian Krier about the deadly dangers posed by dust. 

  Accumulating on the floor of mines and the heavy equipment used for mining, dust creates a serious safety hazard for the tens of thousands of miners who make their living coaxing coal out of the ground.

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  Fiscal Caretaker

  Just one year out of law school, former accounting major Adam Coleman is living the dream.

  From his office in Philadelphia’s City Hall, the ’15 alumnus negotiates multi-million dollar contracts with investment fund managers across the globe.

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  Throwing Away the Playbook

  Claudia (Hage) Demitro, ’12, arrived at law school with a supremely practical plan: she would pursue a career steeped in business law.  True, it would divert the former history major from the constitutional questions that resonated with her, but she figured it would lead to more job interviews.

  Demitro took a part-time job during her 1L year with a firm that handles asbestos claims, pursued a concentration in Business and Entrepreneurial Law, sailed through business-related courses and sought out opportunities for associateships with big firms.

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  Clean Slate

  Bobby Schena will probably not get recognition when green spaces and modernized facilities replace contaminated, abandoned and shuttered buildings in and around Philadelphia. But the environmental lawyer doesn’t mind.

  Cleaning up brownfields—abandoned or underused properties, from shuttered gas stations to former manufacturing facilities where there’s suspected contamination—keeps the public safe and sets the stage for growth.

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  Hard Time

  There may be murderers, rapists or kidnappers walking the streets of New York City, but their numbers have dwindled, thanks to Jared Rosenblatt, a former assistant district attorney in Queens.

  In June, Rosenblatt concluded his 12-year tenure with the Queens DA’s Office to join the law school faculty and become associate director of the Trial Advocacy Program. 

   

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  Class Notes Summer 2016

  Find out what your classmates are up to.

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