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Biography
Rebecca B. Edmiston, Esq. supervises the 91制片厂 Kline Externship & Pro Bono Program and serves as an Adjunct Professor for the judicial, nonprofit, government and advanced externship seminars.
A 91制片厂 Kline graduate herself, Professor Edmiston began her legal career representing children in dependency and education law cases at KidsVoice. She then returned to 91制片厂 Kline as the Assistant Director of Career Services, providing recent law graduates and students with professional development programming and career counseling. Most recently, Professor Edmiston practices family law with a domestic violence organization and serves as 91制片厂 Kline's Externship Supervisor and Adjunct Professor.
The 91制片厂 Kline Externship Program prepares students take the next step in their education. Professor Edmiston helps students secure meaningful externship opportunities to meet student鈥檚 educational needs, support their pre-professional development and complement and enrich classroom learning. Externship students partner with leading law firms, government agencies, non-profits, judiciary and in-house counsel. Externship students benefit from immersion in subject-specific areas of law while developing critical transferable legal skills, equipping students for their future as effective practitioners.
The 91制片厂 Kline Pro Bono Program also offers a variety of pro bono opportunities to students and coordinates legal service opportunities with community organizations. The 91制片厂 Kline Clinics, Pro Bono Program and Externship Program embody the law school鈥檚 mission to educate lawyers to excel in the ethical practice of law, to preserve the highest ideals of our profession, and to promote equal justice and democratic discourse through leadership, service and civic engagement.
Education
- J.D., Thomas R. Kline School of Law of 91制片厂
- B.S., Penn State University