Board Member

• Jun 2022 - Present

Assistant Dean for Diversity Equity and Inclusion

• Mar 2021 - Present

Establish policies, training, manage crisis interventions and support, provide oversight to student led affinity organizations, manage complaints related to bias, manage partnerships in the community. Create, administer and publish results of an annual climate survey.Oversea and report recruitment initiatives and efforts to increase diversity within the law school. Support sustain and enhance diversity initiates through pipelining and alumni engagement. Aid in fundraising initiatives that are focused on DEI initiatives. Serve as a liaison to bar associations and community groups as well as to diversity leaders and organizations in the legal community and legal education to facilitate professional opportunities of students with a focus on diverse or underrepresented students. Work with the law school and University committees to address issues related to equity and social justice, the reduction of implicit bias, micro-aggressions, and discrimination toward the creation of campus environment that recognizes and respects the dignity of all its members. Create and incorporate issues of race, oppression and marginalization into the law school curriculum. Provide ongoing training for faculty and staff.

Director of Inclusion and Diversity Education

• May 2019 - Mar 2021

Support student success, enhance engagement, and foster a diverse and inclusive community. Collaboratively develop and implement guiding principles to shape strategic choices in the School of Law’s activities to increase diversity and inclusive excellence.Create, nurture, and maintain existing alumni, student, staff, and faculty partnerships dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusiveness. plan programs and events that focus on well-being, resiliency, professionalism, personal and social development. Collaborate with faculty, departments, staff, alumni and outside constituencies to support and assist diverse, disabled or underrepresented students.Facilitate and promote scholarship opportunities for all students, especially diverse, disabled or underrepresented students. Implementation of pipeline programming including middle and high schools and extending through college programs encouraging underrepresented students to consider matriculation at SLU LAW and practicing law in Missouri. Training for students including orientation and diversity, equity and inclusion for student leaders, student organizations and law school journals. Collaborate with Admissions office on DEI recruitment efforts. Make diversity and inclusiveness an institutional priority.

Adjunct Professor

• Aug 2018 - May 2019

Created Child Advocacy and the Law class using Abrams & Ramsey’s Children & the Law text. Help students develop content understanding through range of exercises, readings and discussions. Generate intellectually stimulating classroom environment and prepare students with practical learning opportunities.

Assistant Director of Legal Services

• Nov 2014 - May 2019

Assistant Director of City CASA and Legal ProgramsHelp supervise, along with Director, the attorneys in the organization. Provide feedback and coaching, coordinate professional growth and development. Ensure all attorneys are in good standing with the Missouri Bar, comply with Missouri Guardian ad Litem standards, and 22nd Circuit Court procedures. Participate in recruitment, selection, and training of new attorneys, case advocacy supervisors, and support staff. Assist with case intake and assignment to program staff.Intern Coordinator Redeveloped the legal internship program. Responsible for program recruitment, maintenance and evaluation. Created intern handbook, training materials and orientation. Provide feedback for improvement through regular check-in meetings, intern program evaluations and supervisor evaluations. Work with law school externship liaisons to ensure that program operates in accordance with the schools’ learning objectives, current ABA standards and education goals, and best practices. Child Advocacy Attorney Advocate as a Guardian Ad Litem, for the best interest of children, in the custody of Children’s Division, in all areas of their lives, including placement, schooling, and medical needs. Facilitate initial trainings for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers. Supervise a group of CASA in their advocacy for promoting the best interest of children under the jurisdiction of the Family Court. Case-manage 40-50 cases to ensure that all data is accurately reflected in an online database and communicated effectively to the court. Work with a team of professionals, including Deputy Juvenile officers and Case Managers to ensure children in state custody receive all service

Staff Attorney

• Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

Provided holistic representation of indigent clients in domestic, municipal and land lord tenant cases. Expanded the organizations civil litigation practice, particularly in domestic relations. Provided holistic representation of indigent clients in domestic, municipal and land lord tenant cases. Expanded the organizations civil litigation practice, particularly in domestic relations.

Solo Practioner and Mediator

• Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

Represented clients in domestic and municipal cases. Counseled and mediated clients in divorce, child support, child custody, guardianship, criminal non-support, termination of parental rights and various other cases. Certified Guardian Ad Litem Represented clients in domestic and municipal cases. Counseled and mediated clients in divorce, child support, child custody, guardianship, criminal non-support, termination of parental rights and various other cases. Certified Guardian Ad Litem