SUSAN J. FEATHERS69 Congress Street, Apt. 1

Newark, New Jersey 07102(973) 353-3079

EDUCATION

Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MAJ.D., 1987Awards: Edward V. Sparer Fellow (for work on Halderman vs. Pennhurst)Internships: Law Project for Multi-Handicapped Children, Prisoners’ Legal AssistanceProject, Jamaica Plain Legal Services, Committee for Public Counsel Services; Daves, Hahn & Levy (TX civil rights law firm)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PAB.A. and M.A. in Sociology, 1983Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, Benjamin Franklin Scholar

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Newark, NJ  Director of Public Interest Programs October 2014- presentOversee all aspects of the Rutgers-Newark Eric Neisser Public Interest Program, including career counseling, pro bono initiatives, and public interest fellows program.   Designed and launched pro bono trainings and projects through which students and attorneys provide assistance to low-income clients in bankruptcy, consumer debt, family, child support, and resettlement cases. Assisted in designing and implementing Maida summer internship and post-graduate fellowship program.

Teach for America, Baltimore, MD Corp Member, November 2012-August 2014Taught English Language Arts and Special Education at inner-city transformational school.

Albany Law School, Albany, NYAcademic Support Professor Assistant Dean for Student Affairs 2009-2012Served as a member of the Dean and President’s senior staff.  Organized orientation, commencement and student trainings. Updated student handbook and policies to ensure compliance with higher education law.  Conducted periodic assessments for student affairs offices and developed strategic plan for Diversity Affairs Office.  Oversaw accommodations process.   Worked with the Institutional

Advancement Office on a variety of alumni based fundraising programs. Served as Faculty Moot Court Advisor, Academic Support Instructor,  and Founding Pro Bono Coordinator.

Stanford University Law School, Stanford, CA 2007 –2009Founding Executive Director, Levin Center for Public Service & Public Interest LawDirected and expanded public interest career counseling, pro bono, and externship programs. Developed alumni and faculty mentoring programs. Assisted in developing a post-graduate funded fellowship.  Supervised an in-house social security disability pro bono project. Assisted in fundraising for the Miles Rubin Award, LRAP, and pro bono programs. Organized and lead professional development trainings for community partners in externship and pro bono programs.

University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA Assistant Dean for Public Service, Director, Public Service Program, 1998-2007Directed all aspects of the public interest initiatives including the pro bono requirement, student-run pro bono projects, public interest scholars program, and public interest career counseling.  Supervised student-led programming including annual public interest auction; public interest symposium, and public interest journal.  Represented the law school at local and national public interest events program.        Served as lead grant writer for the Program and successfully secured grantfunding to launch the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Program; the Sparer Summer Public Interest Funding Program, and Edward V. Sparer Symposium.

CAREER COUNSELING EXPERIENCE

Yale Law School, Career Development Office, New Haven, CTDirector of Public Interest Program, 1996-1998 Provided individualized counseling to students and alumni pursuing public interest careers.      Designed and launched a service-learning program.       Assisted in designing the Arthur Liman Fellowship.     Spearheaded efforts to expand summer funding and LRAP programs.  

Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NYPublic Interest Advisor, 1994-1996Counseled students and graduates on all aspects of career planning in public interest and government work.     Advocated for expansion of summer funding and LRAP programs.   

CLINICAL AND PUBLIC INTEREST PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Hofstra Law School Hempstead, NY Instructor, Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy 1991-1994Clinical Fellow:  Criminal Defense and Constitutional Litigation ClinicSupervised students in criminal defense and constitutional litigation clinics. Sharedresponsibility for planning curriculum, classroom instruction, and supervision of law students.

The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York, NY Senior Associate Appellate Counsel 1987-1991Represented indigent criminal defendants on direct appeal and in post-conviction proceedings.  Argued frequently before the Appellate Division, First and Second Department and the New York Court of Appeals.

OTHER EXPERIENCE Certified ESL Instructor Certified Yoga Instructor, 1987-present Founding Manuscript Editor and Editorial Board Member, HYPATIA,  Journal of

Feminist Philosophy (Pergamon Press: Oxford), 1983-1987 Piano Accompanist, Ballet Classes, 1976-1987

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Feathers,   Susan.        Best Practices for Recruiting,  Training and Supervising Law Students, (forthcoming with Pro Bono Net)

    Feathers,  Susan.       Leveraging Resources to Create Statewide Pro Bono

Programs,       ABA Pro Bono Resource (2012)

Feathers,  Susan.      Tips for Retooling Public Interest Career Advising in a Tough Market,    National Association of Law Placement   Bulletin  (2012)

 Feathers, Susan. Community Based Pro Bono: Serving the Unmet Legal

Needs of Homeless Veterans, New York State Bar Association, and Pro Bono News (2011)

Feathers, Susan, Angus Love. The Supreme Court: Tribal land claims, and the DoctrineOf Discovery: Trampling on the Walking Purchase, NLG Practitioner, Volume 65 (2008)

Feathers, Susan. Civil Gideon Movement, ABA Litigation Newsletter (2007)

Feathers, Susan and Cynthia Feathers. Iroquois Influence on American Democracy,Government Law and Policy Journal (2006)

Feathers, Susan, Introduction: Terrorism and the Constitution, University ofPennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, (2004)

Feathers,   Susan,  Suing the Government in a Post-Velazquez Era, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law,  (2003)

Feathers, Susan. Co-Editor. Launching Public Interest Careers (NALP: 2007, 20011)

Feathers, Susan and Stephan Park. Launching Public Interest Careers (Puritan Press: 1008)

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

Creating Statewide Pro Bono Programs, ABA Equal Justice Conference May 2011The Intersection of Public Interest Practice and Pro Bono, NYSBA Conference June 2010Private Lawyer in the Public Interest, Pro Bono in the Legal Profession

(Stanford)               April 2009

The American Legal Profession: Current Controversies, Future Challenges (Baldy Center)March 2008Civil Gideon, Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Conference March 2007Services Pro Bono Partnership, ABA Equal Justice Conference

March 2006

SYMPOSIA PLANNER (select)

Racial Bias and the Militarization of Police, Rutgers Race and Law Journal 2014Legal Political and Social Dimensions of LGBT Movement 2014Global Dimensions of Social Justice Lawyering, Trina Grillo Retreat 2009Education Reform, Stanford Law School 2008Judicial Responses to International Violence 2007

Civil Gideon: Making the Case (with the ABA) 200635th Anniversary of the Community Economic Development Act 2004Suing the Government in a Post-Velasquez Era with Penn Law Constitutional Law 2002Social Movements and Law Reform (Penn Law Review) 2001Unlock America: Prisons and Policing in the 21st Century 2000

SELECT BOARDSExecutive Board Member,       National Association of Pro Bono Professionals,  

2014-presentBoard Member,    NY Bar Association Lawyers Assistance Program,    2011-2013Taskforce Member, New York State Bar Association Veterans’ Taskforce2011-2012ABA Pro Bono Week, Planning Committee 2010-2011Equal Justice Works Conference, Pro Bono Conference Planning Committee 2006,

2011Executive Board Member, New York Civil Liberties Union 2011-2012Executive Board Member, Lawyers’ Assistance Project 2010-2012Board of Advisors, Equal Justice Works 2007-2009Executive Board Member, AALS Pro Bono Section 2006-2009Executive Board Member, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project 2006-2009Executive Board Member, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia 1999-2007Delivery of Legal Services Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association 1998-2007Executive Board Member,   Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project 1998-2005Board Member, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for Indigent Program 1998-2002

SELECT AWARDS

Community Leader Award, Rutgers Black Law Students Association February 2015

Best Secondary Teacher, REACH Partnership October 2013

NYSBA Pro Bono Award September 2012

PS Law Net Award November 2014

Advocate for Justice, Philadelphia Bar Association LGBT Committee January 2001Pro Bono Publico Award, American Bar Association June 2000Advocacy Award, Central American Refugee Workers’ Rights Project December 1995