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Catherine Ross Dunham, is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the Elon University School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at Elon, Prof Dunham compiled and analyzed research exploring social psychology and legal education at the University of Virginia School of Law. In addition to authoring publications in the area of legal education, Dunham's scholarly publications include works examining aspects of procedural law and gender equality. At Elon, Dunham teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Pre-trial Litigation, Trial Practice and other courses in the Trial Practice Program. Dunham also serves on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and teaches in regional and national advocacy programs. Dunham previously served as director of the Legal Research and Writing Program and assistant professor of law at Campbell University School of Law. She also served as a law clerk to Judge Sidney S. Eagles Jr., at the North Carolina Court of Appeals before practicing law, representing clients in trial and appellate litigation in both state and federal courts. In 2003, Dunham received the American Bar Association's E. Smythe Gambrell Award for teaching professionalism. Dunham has a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a juris doctor from Campbell University and a master of laws from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Steven I. Friedland Before working at Elon University, Professor Friedland worked at Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he was a professor of law for 20 years. At NSU he was awarded various teaching honors, including several law school "teacher of the year" awards and one university-wide honor. He has taught at law schools across the southeast, including the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University and the University of Miami. While in practice, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. A co-author of two books published by Carolina Academic Press, "Techniques For Teaching Law" and "Teaching the Law School Curriculum," he is a national leader and frequent speaker and consultant on improving law school teaching, including the establishment of law schools in Japan. At Elon, he is director of the Center for Engaged Learning in the Law (CELL). He is on the Board of Advisors for the Institute for Law School Teaching and has directed NSU's Guardian Ad Litem and Street Law programs. Friedland has a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, a juris doctor from Harvard Law School, and a master of laws and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Columbia Law School, where he was also a Dollard Fellow in Law, Medicine and Psychiatry.
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