Academic and Practitioner Mentors
Students are provided two mentors, one practitioner (or judge) and one academic, to help guide their research and Projects of Worth. Once each week, student teams meet virtually for one hour with a mentor. The mentors help students identify a narrow problem within the large topic they have been assigned, guide the students' research methodology and outreach, brainstorm with the students to help them develop creative and practical solutions to the problems they have identified, provide critical feedback and commentary on students' action plans, and mentor them on professionalism, communication, and presentation skills.
Current Academic Mentors
Ray Campbell
Assistant Professor, Peking University School of Transnational Law
Elizabeth Chambliss
Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Professional Values and Practice, New York Law School
John C. Coates
John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
Juan Francisco Ortega Diaz
Profesor Asociado Director Revista de Derecho, Comunicaciones y Nuevas Tecnologías Área, Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Derecho School
John Flood
Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Westminster School of Law
Bruce Green
Louis Stein Professor, Director (Stein Center), Fordham University School of Law
Joe Hoffmann
Harry Pratter Professor of Law and Director of Finance
Jacqueline Kinghan
Senior Teaching Fellow, University College London
Renee Newman Knake
Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law
Moray McLaren
Adjunct Professor of Business, IE Business School
Robert E. Rosen
Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Rita Shackel
Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School
Patricia D. White
Dean and Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Current Practitioner Mentors
Ida Abbott
College of Law Practice Management Fellow; Co-founder and Director of the Hastings Leadership Academy for Women, University of California Hastings College of the Law; Faculty Fellow, University of California Hastings College of the Law
David Chameli
Former Associate General Counsel, Sears
Deborah Enix-Ross
Litigation Practice Group Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Tahlia Gordon
Research & Projects Manager, Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice
Coraline Haitjema
U.S. Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney Trainee, Howrey
Brian Harel
Clinical Scientist, CogState , Inc., Science and Innovation Research Fellow, Arizona State University College of Law
Liz Lamar
Management Consultant, Affinity Consulting Group LLC
Peter D. Lederer
Visiting Practitioner, University of Miami School of Law; Former Partner/of Counsel, Baker & McKenzie; Former Chairman, Coverage Connect
Marcia Narine
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Ryder Systems Inc.
Lawrence W. Newman
Of Counsel, Baker & McKenzie
Scott Rogers
Founder and Director of the Institute for Mindfulness Studies
Hugh J. Totten
Founding Member, Valorem Law Group
John Varghese
Assistant Professor, Government Law College, Kozhikode
Cheryl E. Zuckerman
Of Counsel, Meland Russin and Budwick
