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Clinical Associate Professor Rutgers School of Law - Camden 217 N. Fifth Street Camden, NJ 08102
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Biography
Jason Cohen joined the Rutgers Law faculty in 2005. In 2009, he received the honor of being selected as the law school's Professor of the Year. He is a former litigator with the law firm of Stradley Ronon in Philadelphia, where from 1998 to 2005, his practice focused on a range of complex commercial and employment matters, including cases involving discrimination, enforcement of restrictive covenants, retaliation and wrongful discharge claims at the administrative, state and federal levels. While in practice, he also handled client counseling, discovery, briefing and oral argument resulting in summary judgments in favor of his clients, including two published decisions, Hampton v. Armand Corp., 834 A.2d 1077 (N.J. Super. 2003); Superka v. Valley Forge Life Insurance Co., 44 Pa. D & C. 4th 92 (Pa. Com. Pl. 1999). In 2005, his arguments and briefing on behalf of a major brokerage firm were instrumental in the denial of a nation-wide class action of Title VII sexual harassment plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Professor Cohen has also represented governmental and quasi-governmental entities, including the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate in various matters before Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania . This representation has culminated in several court decisions including: Grimaud v. Com., 865 A.2d 835, (Pa. 2005); Bergdoll v. Com., 858 A.2d 185 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004), affirmed, 874 A.2d 1148 (Pa. 2005); and Uniontown Newspapers, Inc. v. Roberts, 839 A.2d 185 (Pa. 2003).
Professor Cohen is a 1994 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Florida, with honors, and a 1998 graduate of Rutgers School of Law Camden, with honors. While a law student, he was Lead State Constitutional Law editor of the Rutgers Law Journal, and is the author of Developments in State Constitutional Law, The Judicial Branch 28 Rutgers Law Journal 1184 (1997) and portions of Developments in State Constitutional Law The Legislative Branch 28 Rutgers Law Journal 1198 (1997). Recently, he authored an article advocating client-centered legal writing, appearing in the Charlotte Law Review. Professor Cohen serves as the Director of Moot Court Programs, teaches legal analysis, writing and research, advanced writing and research for public interest organizations, as well as a rhetorical theory-based public speaking class for lawyers.