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Clinical Professor and Director of Lawyering Programs Rutgers School of Law - Camden 217 North Fifth Street Camden, NJ 08102
F: (856) 225-6516
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Biography
Professor Katz directs the law school's lawyering programs and externship program, an extensive clinical opportunity for third-year students. The main focus of her research has been on developing skills education and how faculty can ensure that externship experiences help students develop professionally. She teaches Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation, in addition to teaching seminars connected with the Externship Program.
Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 1993, she served as a clinical supervisor in the on-campus legal clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and spent several years in legal services and public interest practice.
Professor Katz participates in scholarly colloquia across the country on topics related to externships, clinical legal education and student professional development.
Publications
Counseling Externship Students, 15 Clin. L. Rev. 239 (2009)
Evaluating the Skills Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities for Law Schools, 59 Mercer L. Rev. 909 (2008)
Reconsidering Collaboration and Modeling: Enriching Clinical Pedagogy, 41 Gonzaga L. Rev. 315 (2006)
Student Journals to Increase Reflection on Legal Practice and on Personal Professional Development, in Steven Friedland & Gerald F. Hess, Eds., Teaching the Law School Curriculum (2004)
Evaluation in the Process of Mentoring Student Professional Development, 10 Clin. L. Rev. 581 (2004)(with Cynthia Batt)
Using Faculty Tutorials to Foster Externship Students' Critical Reflection, 5 Clin. L. Rev. 437 (1999)
Personal Journals in Law School Externship Programs: Improving Pedagogy, 1 T. M. Cooley J. of Prac. and Clin. L. 7 (1997)