ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE PARTICIPATES IN STATEWIDE READ ALOUD PROGRAM FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 2024 — On Thursday, February 15, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge participated in The Rendell Center’s Read Aloud program in honor of Black History Month. The Read Aloud program calls on attorneys and judges to read books to elementary school classrooms around the Commonwealth. The readers then engage students in learning around the themes of the book. Associate Dean Dodge read the book Henry’s Freedom Box to a first-grade class in Philadelphia. Students then discussed the realities of the Underground Railroad and the importance of fighting for what’s right. This program is co-sponsored by the American Board of Trial Advocates and Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge has spent over 15 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 comparative law. His scholarship focuses on the intersections of educational access and minoritized communities. Dean Dodge is currently the chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Student Services Section. He previously served as chair of both the AALS Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues and International Legal Exchange sections. Dean Dodge has served on the national diversity committee of the Law School Admissions Council Diversity Committee, as an American Bar Association accreditation site evaluator, and a three time director of the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute.