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Clinical Assistant Professor 217 N. Fifth Street Camden, NJ 08102-1203
F: 856 969.7931
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Biography
Sheila Rodriguez joined the Rutgers-Camden faculty last year after teaching Legal Process at Pacific McGeorge School of Law and Appellate Advocacy at Golden Gate University School of Law.
From 1994 to 2001, Professor Rodriguez was a freelance legal writer in Northern California. Her legal writing clients included the Animal Protection Institute, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Sacramento. As Counsel for API, she testified before Congress on critical habitat issues affecting wild horses and burros throughout the Western United States. She also co-authored a law review article on legal strategies for restricting animal traps in the United States. From 1988 to 1994, Professor Rodriguez, an instrument-rated commercial pilot, practiced appellate and administrative law with the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, DC, and Chicago.
Professor Rodriguez is a 1988 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. She holds a BA in Psychology and Political Science, and an MA in English, from SUNY Buffalo. Professor Rodriguez’s research focuses on improving students’ legal reasoning and writing through the law school student-faculty conference.