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Career and Professional Development Director at DCSL by Teresa Cajot
Dena Bauman, the Director of the Career and Professional Development Office and an Adjunct Professor, is the driving force behind the office’s offerings. Not only does she oversee the operations of the office but she also provides counseling services to students and alumni and assists them in finding employers in their practice area of choice. She offers resume building services, performs mock interviews, and guides new graduates in the process of identifying their professional strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, Bauman co-directs the Internship Program, which allows students to earn academic credit in exchange for legal work performed in judicial, government, and public interest areas.
Prior to joining the Career and Professional
law school representative. She is regularly called upon
Development Office, Bauman served as a supervising
to present at NALP conferences and also co-authored
attorney at DC Law Students in Court. Before that she
of one of the chapters of the NALP Law School Guide to
was the managing attorney and pro bono director at
Public Interest Careers. From 2007 to 2008, she served
Mid-Hudson Legal Services in Poughkeepsie. Her legal
as the regional representative for the Mid-Atlantic law
career began at the Monroe County Legal Assistance
schools and also assisted in the planning of the 2008
Corporation (MCLAC) in Rochester, New York, where
Toronto conference.
she represented low-income clients in state and federal court. During her time with MCLAC, she designed
Bauman holds a JD from Cornell Law School, where she
an award-winning community service project for the
was presented with the Seymour Herzog Memorial Prize
Monroe County Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s
in recognition of her public interest work. She earned
Division.
an MA from the University of Chicago and completed her undergraduate studies at Bryn Mawr College in
Bauman currently functions as a member of the
Pennsylvania.
Nominating Committee of The Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP), serving as the Mid-Atlantic
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