Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge serves on AALS Regional Workshop Planning Committee

CARLISLE, PA—Jeffrey A. Dodge, associate professor of law, associate dean for academic affairs, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, is serving on the planning committee for the mid-Atlantic region's AALS Pathways to Law Teaching Regional Workshop. Chaired by Distinguished Professor of Law Rose Cuison-Villazor of Rutgers Law School, the planning committee is organizing a day-long workshop on Wednesday, August 12. The workshop will educate candidates about the hiring process and offer the opportunity for mentorship. More than 100 aspiring law professors have registered for the workshop, to be hosted at Rutgers Law School in Camden.

The Association of American Law Schools is hosting regional workshops across the country this summer as part of its hiring services for law schools and candidates.

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.