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Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs Rutgers School of Law - Camden 217 North Fifth Street Camden, NJ 08102
F: 856-225-6276
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Biography
Ms. Klothen earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. She is a member of the Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania bars. After graduation, Ms. Klothen worked for Georgia Legal Services. She then went to Washington DC to become a federal agency fraud litigator. Most recently she served as the founding Director of Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, and Director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, both of which have been honored with national and state awards.
Other professional activities include appointments to the Civil Justice Advisory Committee for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Court and membership, with a year as Chair, on the University of Pennsylvania Law School Public Service Advisory Committee.
Ms. Klothen, who has been a consultant for the American Bar Association and private law firms, has been recognized for her work with the Pro Bono Coordinator of the Year Award from the National Association of Pro Bono Coordinators, the Equal Justice Award from Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, the Outstanding Service Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Excellence Award from Pennsylvania Legal Services.
Her publications include "Building the Ethic of Public Service - Penn Law School's Mandatory Public Service Program Completes Its Fifth Year " The Philadelphia Lawyer, June, 1996, "Why Pro Bono? Why Us? Why You? " Younger Lawyers Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association Newsletter, September, 1988, "Nowhere Else To Turn," a documentary on the need for legal services in Pennsylvania, February, 1988 and "In the Child's Best Interest ... a Guide to Custody Proceedings," a documentary for pro se custody litigants, 1992.