PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN DELIVERS TRAINING PRESENTATION FOR CAPITAL AREA MANAGING PARTNERS PROGRAM
June 2023 — Professor Andrea J. Martin delivered a training presentation at the Dauphin County Bar Association Capital Area Managing Partners (CAMP) Program on June 22. The training for CAMP interns, titled, “Do This; Not That — Legal Writing Tips for Summer Associates,” was designed to support future attorneys in their summer internships by helping them develop and perfect the skills necessary to produce top-quality legal writing.
The CAMP program provides law students, including Penn State Dickinson Law students, with an 8-week internship at a law firm, public agency, or in-house legal department. During their internships, students are exposed to substantive legal work, educational programming, and networking opportunities.
Through Professor Martin’s partnership with the Dauphin County Bar Association, she provides professional guidance and shares practical knowledge during the critical transition from law student to legal practitioner. Her goals are to support new attorneys, strengthen our community, and elevate standards of competence, ethics, and professionalism.
Andrea J. Martin is a visiting assistant professor of law at Penn State Dickinson Law and recipient of the Penn State Dickinson Law Phillip M. Scott Teaching Excellence Award. Her research draws on constitutional and legal history to explore and analyze current social justice issues including American Indian sovereignty rights, antiracism in education, and voter suppression. Prior to joining Dickinson Law, Martin spent twelve years as a strategic legal advisor, managing business and regulatory legal affairs at a multi-billion-dollar company. Professor Martin also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division of the Rhode Island Department of Attorney of General. Martin is involved in diversity and inclusion efforts and served on the Governor’s Task Force on Diversity, the Governor’s Commission on Prejudice and Bias and the Thurgood Marshall Lawyer’s Society. She has also taught legal writing in the CLEO (Council on Legal Education Opportunity) program, recently hosted by Penn State Dickinson Law, to increase the number of lawyers from diverse backgrounds.