Associate Dean Dodge appointed to LSAC Rural Access to Justice Work Group

CARLISLE, Pa.—Jeffrey A. Dodge, associate dean for academic affairs and assistant professor of law, has been appointed to serve on the Law School Admission Council's new Rural Access to Justice Work Group.

Co-chaired by Dean Aviva Abramovsky of the University of Idaho College of Law and Dean Rebecca Zietlow of the University of Toledo College of Law, the work group will focus on thinking through and shaping innovative, effective ways to broaden the pipeline of aspiring attorneys who want to practice in rural areas.

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 Admission Council, as an American Bar Association accreditation site evaluator, and as a three-time director of the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute.