ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE INVITED TO SPEAK AT APRIL MEETING OF LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS
March 2024 — Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge has been invited to speak at the Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals (AMDiP). This meeting brings together law school DEI professionals and supporters in a collaborative environment to promote networking, information sharing, and resource sharing; develop best practices for law school diversity services; and advance the matriculation, retention and support of underrepresented students and graduates of U.S. law schools. Established in 2007, AMDiP is holding its next meeting April 23 to 25 at Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Dean Dodge is an invited speaker for the workshop titled “Intersectionality & the Queer Experience in Legal Education.” In the workshop, speakers will guide attendees in discussing the full arc of the queer experience within legal education. As part of the panel, Dean Dodge will share reflections from his essay “Supporting First Gen Intersectional Identities by Creating Space for the LGBTQIA+ Community” in the forthcoming book “Fostering First Gen Success and Inclusion: A Guide for Law Schools.” The book anticipates publication in July 2024.
Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor of Law and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law, has spent nearly 20 years in legal education. Dean Dodge has broad experience overseeing law school and University-level offices of student services, international programs, admissions, academic success, career services, and more. He has taught and presented on topics in the fields of family law, education law, international human rights, and LGBTQ+ inequality. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of educational access and minoritized communities. Dean Dodge is past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Student Services, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and International Legal Exchange sections. He has served on the national diversity committee of the Law School Admissions Council, as an American Bar Association accreditation site evaluator, and a three time director of the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute.