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KAMILLE N. WOLFF 121 Hofstra University Hempstead, New York 11549 516.463.6414;
[email protected] EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL, J.D., 2001 Honors: Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist for the MidAtlantic Region; Who’s Who Among American Law School Students, 2001 Edition; Advanced Property Theory, Highest Grade Activities:
Sports and Entertainment Law Society, Founding Board Member; Morris Fellow; Black Law Students Association, Marketing Committee for Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference, Coffeehouse Variety Show 2001 Director; Minority Student Recruitment; Campus Housing and Mentoring Program; Entertainment Law Initiative of the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences
QUEENS COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, B.A., Urban Studies/Regional Planning, 1998 Honors: Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Paul Davidoff Award and Scholarship for Departmental Academic Achievement, Golden Key Honor Society Invitee Activities:
Science Organization for Minority Students, Queens College Big Buddy Program, New York Public Interest Research Group
EXPERIENCE HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Fall 2010 – Spring 2011 Fulfill an academic year visit in the fields of commercial law and ethics. Conduct specialized domestic and international banking law courses. Prepare and teach a Professional Responsibility required course. Embrace a scholarly agenda in business and financial law. Engage with the academic community of the law school and university. HOUSTON, TEXAS THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Assistant Professor of Law 8/2007-Present Teach courses including Commercial Law (UCC - Sales, Leases, Banking, Negotiable Instruments, and Secured Transactions), Estate Planning, and Professional Responsibility as a tenure-track faculty member of the most diverse law school in the nation. Provide resources and materials to supplement student understanding on a variety of transactional law topics. Utilize a variety of teaching tools to engage students in the study and retention of legal concepts. Serve as a speaker on Continuing Legal Education conference panels sponsored by the law school. Provide commentary on law school policy. Contribute to the enhancement of the law school in the areas of bar passage, ABA accreditation, academic enrichment, and student relations. Explore student learning outcomes in analyzing incoming indicators, law school performance, and bar passage statistics. Examine assessment tools in evaluating student and faculty performance. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA COUNCIL OF BETTER BUSINESS BUREAUS Certified Arbitrator and Mediator 4/2004-Present Arbitrate legal disputes for the Better Business Bureau’s Auto Line program on a case-by-case basis. Provide ADR services to General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Honda and other automotive manufacturers. Conduct and preside over hearings as a third-party neutral to interpret state Lemon Laws. Write binding decisions as part of the nation’s largest warranty dispute program. Provide mediation services to facilitate resolution of disagreements between commercial Better Business Bureau members and consumers. GULFPORT, FLORIDA STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Faculty, Study Abroad Program Winter 2010 Served as an instructor for the Cayman Islands Winter Break Program – 2010 at the Cayman Islands Law School of the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Developed and taught a comparative law course on American and Caribbean commercial law. Focused on the international aspect of banking law and regulation as part of an intersession program.
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA FLORIDA COASTAL SCHOOL OF LAW Assistant Professor of Lawyering Process 8/2004-8/2007 Coordinated courses regarding legal research, writing, pre-trial litigation drafting, and appellate advocacy skills to first year law students. Taught a wide range of practical skills, including an upper-level Interviewing and Counseling course. Engaged a diverse group of students, including those enrolled in the day, evening, full-time, part-time, and spring admit programs. Collaborated with students to facilitate student-centered learning model employed by institution. Mentored atrisk students during bar study preparation when the institution achieved the highest bar passage rate in the state of Florida for July 2005 administration. Drafted course and departmental materials, including lectures and written assignments for client letters, memoranda of law, appellate brief, and alternative dispute resolution exercises. Supervised teaching assistants. Evaluated oral argument rounds for the Moot Court Honor Board. Appointed as a member of the Admissions Committee in serving to increase minority enrollment and retention. Accepted student invitation to serve as faculty advisor to the FCSL chapter of the Black Law Students Association for two years. Referred and recommended students for various academic and employment opportunities. Selected as a panelist regarding law and legal education for various conferences and symposia. Created Florida Lemon Law course approved by the Curriculum Committee to be offered during the intersession semester. Founded the FCSL BLSA Moot Court/Mock Trial Program. Nominated for a teaching award by student body. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, STATE OF FLORIDA Judicial Law Clerk 5/2001-8/2004 Served as a judicial staff attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida. Researched and wrote extensive court opinions, orders, judgments, and memoranda of law under tight deadline. Thoroughly prepared the bench for oral arguments, trials, and hearings on complex areas of civil and criminal law. Guided and directed the Court in making decisions on intricate aspects of the law, including cases of first impression. Facilitated case load management. NEW YORK, NEW YORK HAWKINS, DELAFIELD & WOOD Summer Associate Summer 2000 Worked as a summer associate at prominent Wall Street bond counsel law firm. Engaged in intense document review and due diligence for municipal bond offerings. Ensured compliance with SEC rules and regulations for the issuance of bonds with major brokerage firms. Assisted with closings for bond projects. WESTBURY, NEW YORK INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Legal Intern Summer 1999 Interned for the Brooklyn District General Counsel. Drafted memoranda of law on various tax issues including estate taxation, personal and corporate tax evasion, and tax fraud. Assisted attorneys in their preparation for trial before federal tax court. Attended several CLE courses on the revised federal tax laws.
MEMBERSHIPS The Florida Bar, American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Florida Trial Court Staff Attorneys Association: 2001 - 2004, U.S. District Court: Admitted, Middle District of Florida, D.W. Perkins Bar, National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences: Professional Member, 2004-2005, Junior League: 2002-2003.
PRESENTATIONS Navigating Teaching?, 2011 Northeast Regional Scholarship and Teaching Development Workshop, Albany Law School (February 2011). Women as Law Teachers, Plenary Speaker, 2011 AALS Mid-Year Meeting (June 2011). Dodd-Frank: One Year Later, Corporate Law Discussion Group, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 2011).
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The Aftermath of Financial Reform: A Retrospective on the Dodd-Frank Act A Year Later, moderator, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 2011). The Impact of the HBCU Law School: An Analysis of True Diversity in the Legal Academy and Profession, Fifteenth Annual LatCrit Conference (LatCrit XV) sponsored by the University of Denver Strum College of Law and Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc. (October 2010). Corporate Responsibility to Women of Color in the Music Business, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association, Annual Conference – 30th Anniversary (October 2010). Teaching Efficiency and Bar Passage at HBCU Law Schools, Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference , Our Country, Our World in a “Post-Racial” Era, Seton Hall University School of Law (September 2010). The Politics of Credit and the Development of a FICO Proxy for Underserved Communities, Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Our Country, Our World in a “Post-Racial” Era, Seton Hall University School of Law (September 2010). Chutes and Ladders: The Corporate Structure of “Ladies First” in Hip Hop, Law and Society Association (LSA) Annual Meeting (May 2010). A Hip Hop Anthology: Past, Present, and Future, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and Society, Brown University (March 2010). FICO Pitfalls and Proxies: Credit Once and For All, Faculty Quodlibet Series, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (February 2010). De-disciplining Knowledge, Re-articulating the Debate on 21st Century Legal Education, State of the Union: The Progress Report, Southern University Law Center, Journal of Race, Gender, and Poverty, Inaugural Symposium (February 2010). The HBCU and You: The Undeniable Impact of the Historically Black Law School, The Role of Lawyers of Color: Past, Present & Future Symposium presented by the law review of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (October 2009). Ethical Representation of the Sports and Entertainment Law Client, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA) Annual Conference (October 2009). The Hip Hop Movement at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Culture, Fourteenth Annual LatCrit Conference (LatCrit XIV) sponsored by American University – Washington College of Law and Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc. (October 2009). The HBCU Project, presented as a work-in-progress by co-author, Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (NEPOC), University at Buffalo Law School (SUNY), (October 2009). Constitution Day Program: Constitutional Law and Individual Rights, Moderator, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (September 2009). Emerging Issues in Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law, Moderator, CLE and Inaugural Symposium, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (March 2009).
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The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Quodlibet Series, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (February 2009). Hip Hop and the Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness, Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference sponsored by the Phoenix School of Law (March 2009). The Evolution of Street Knowledge: Hip Hop’s Influence on Law and Culture, From the Corner to the Corner Office: Hip Hop’s Impact on Corporate Culture and Law, Panelist, West Virginia University College of Law (February 2009). Arbitration and Mediation CLE, Panelist, Court Appointments, Ad Litem, and Other Ways to Obtain Legal Work, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (April 2008). The Journal of Modern Issues in Estates & Estate Planning Luncheon, Program Speaker, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (April 2008). Entertainment and Sports Law CLE, Moderator, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (February 2008). Sports and Entertainment Panel, Moderator, Johnnie Cochran Symposium, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (November 2007).
SCHOLARSHIP From Pipeline to Pipe Dream: The HBCU Effect on Law School Deans of Color, Iowa Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, (forthcoming Volume 14, Issue 3). Out of Many, One People; E Pluribus Unum: The Daunting Quest for a Singular Identity in a Pluralistic World, American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law, (forthcoming – Volume 18, Issue 3, LatCrit Symposium Issue). Southern Exposure: An Analysis of Minority Student Enrollment and Its Impact on the Legal Academy and Profession after United States v. Louisiana, Southern University Law Center Journal of Race, Gender, and Poverty, (forthcoming Volume 1, Issue 1). The Secret Behind FICO and the Development of the FICO Proxy. Presented as a Work-In-Progress at the MidAtlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law, the University of Virginia Center for the Study of Race and Law and the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, February 2010. The HBCU and You: The Importance of Historically Black Law Schools. Presented as a Work-In-Progress at the Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference sponsored by the University of Iowa College of Law, May 2009. Katrina’s Kids: Causes of Action for Children Survivors of Disaster. Presented as a Work-In-Progress at the Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference at Florida A & M University School of Law, March 2007. An American Beach and the Demise of the American Dream: The Legal Separation and Displacement of AfricanAmericans from a Historically Black Beach. Presented as a Work-In-Progress at the Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference sponsored by the University of New Mexico School of Law, April 2006.
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MEDIA The Right Side with Shelley Wynter, WAOK – 1380 AM, Atlanta, Georgia, Guest Commentator (November 2007).
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS Student Faculty Relations Committee – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2009 – 2010) Library Committee – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2009 – 2010) Strategic Planning Committee – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2008 – 2009) Admissions Committee – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2008 – 2009) ABA Self-Study Committee – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2007-2008) Sabbatical Committee – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2007 – 2008) Library Committee – Florida Coastal School of Law (2007-2006) Career Services Committee – Florida Coastal School of Law (2006 – 2005) Faculty Advisor to the Black Law Students Association – Florida Coastal School of Law (2005 – 2006) Faculty Advisor to the BLSA Moot Court/Mock Trial Program – Florida Coastal School of Law (2005 – 2007) Bar Exam Mentor – Florida Coastal School of Law (2005 – 2006) Admissions Committee – Florida Coastal School of Law (2005 – 2004) Faculty Student Mentor – Florida Coastal School of Law (2004 – 2007)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Program Committee Co-Chair Caribbean Law Clinic of the American and Caribbean Law Initiative, Fall 2009 Conference Co-Chair Hip Hop Law Blog: Where the Hip Hop Nation Meets Critical Legal Theory, Contributor UCCprofessor.com, UCCprofessor.info, Founder
