 |
|
|
Rachel J. Littman
|
Rachel J. Littman serves as Assistant Dean for Career Development and External Relations at Pace Law School.
Prior to being appointed as Assistant Dean, Rachel taught Criminal Law/Legal Analysis and Writing to first year law students as an Adjunct Professor of Law here at Pace Law School, and coached high school girls' field hockey and lacrosse.
Rachel started her legal career in 1996 at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in Manhattan in their Capital Markets Group. In 1998 she moved to the international law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP to help start their New York office. At Freshfields she continued her practice both in securities law and complex structured finance and securitization transactions.
Throughout her legal career Rachel has given in-house CLE lectures, trained associates, participated in her firm's recruitment program, and worked on pro bono matters.
Rachel received her BA in Art History from Yale University and her JD from Seton Hall University School of Law, from which she graduated cum laude and where she served as a managing editor of the Constitutional Law Journal.
Rachel is a member of the bar of the State of New York and is Co-Chair of the Placement Committee of the Westchester Women's Bar Association. She is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Westchester Women's Bar Association, Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, and Second Shift LLC.
|
|
|
|
Assistant Dean
Rachel J. Littman
|
|
Assistant Dean for Career Development and External Relations
BA, Yale University
JD, Seton Hall University School of Law
Contact:
rlittman@law.pace.edu
Tel: (914) 422-4218
Fax: (914) 422-4243
Office: A207
|
|
Publications by Assistant Dean Littman: |
|
"Say 'Thank You', and Other Advice for Legal Job Seekers," LaywerAvenue.com (2009) |
| |
"Building a Sustainable Model for the Legal Industry [Book Review of Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett (2007)]," Pace Law Review (forthcoming 2009).
|
|
"Lost and Found in Chappaqua," Inside Chappaqua Magazine, September/October 2005. |
|
"Adequate Provocation, Individual Responsibility, and the Deconstruction of Free Will," 60 Albany Law Review 1127 (1997). |
|
"Note, United States v. Lopez," 115 S. Ct. 1624 (1995), 6 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 443 (1995) . |
|
"Gun-Free Schools: Constitutional Powers, Limitations, and Social Policy Concerns Surrounding Federal Regulation of Firearms in Schools," 5 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 723 (1995). |
|
|
|
|
| Prior Experience: |
| |
Adjunct Professor of Law, Criminal Law/Legal Analysis & Writing, Pace Law School (2005–2007)
|
|
Field Hockey and Lacrosse Coach, Byram Hills High School (2006-2007); Fieldston School (2004–2005) |
|
Associate, Structured Finance and Securities, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (1998–2003) |
|
Associate, Capital Markets Group, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP (1996–1998) |
|
|
|
|
| Speaking Engagements: |
|
Co-Presenter, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), 2009 Annual Education Conference (Washington, DC), "Teaching Professionalism to the Small-/Midsize Firm New Lawyer" |
|
Presenter, New York State Bar Association, Third Annual Career Development Conference 2009 (New York, N.Y.), Panel Program on Career Transitions in a Volatile Market, "Creating a Resume and Cover Letter for Job Transition in a Volatile Market" |
|
Panelist, "Feminism and Women Under Forty," Pace Law School, March 2006 (White Plains, New York) |
|
|
|
|
 |
