MARGUERITE M. DORN, ESQ.

96 Beard Way

Needham MA  02492

781.237.2577

marguerite@thenewhavingitall.com

EMPLOYMENT

September 2008-Present, Principal and Co-Founder, The New Having It All, Wellesley, MA.  Consulting, speaking and training on work-life integration for professional women.

September 2006-Present, Adjunct Professor, Merrimack College, Andover, MA. Courses Taught: Gender and the Law, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.

September 2005-June 2006, Consultant, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA.  Career Services Office.  Developed program for Career Services Office on careers in international law.

September 2003-June 2005, Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA. Courses Taught:  International Human Rights, International Criminal Law.  Supervised Research Assistant.

September 1993-June 1998, Adjunct and Clinical Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA. Courses Taught:  International Law, International Organizations, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights, Legal Research and Writing.

Committees:  Suffolk Public Interest Law Group:  committee of three designed to evaluate applications and award summer grants to students pursuing public interest work.

Consulting:  Office of Career Counseling:  provided counseling and training to students and counselors on international practice and career decisions.

Clinic:  International Human Rights/Humanitarian Law Project.  Developed and directed the IHRHLP, which had as its mission the promotion of the rule of law through legal advocacy, research and drafting, and the creation of a supportive role to the ongoing work of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, including United Nations agencies, ad hoc Tribunals; preliminary work on creation of International Criminal Court. 

January 1991-December 1992, Associate, Goulston & Storrs, Boston, MA.

January 1990-December 1990, Program Director, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation Center for Human Rights, Boston, MA.  Director of Human Rights Programs, including monitoring, researching and reporting on human rights violations in focus countries; legal analysis and reporting; media briefing and press releases; legislative review and lobbying; creating programs for resource transfers; outreach with domestic and foreign human rights groups; public speaking.

September, 1988-January 1990, Associate, Hutchins & Wheeler, Boston, MA.

September 1985-August 1988, Associate, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA.

Staff Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston, MA: six-month placement in Housing Division through Nutter, McClennen & Fish.

AFFILIATIONS

Volunteer Director, Noble & Greenough School, Middle School Community Service Program, 2006-2009.

Volunteer Leader, Girl Scouts, Los Angeles, 2003-2006.

Pro Bono Consultant, Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles, 2001-2002.  Project to create online educational materials in international human rights.

Pro Bono Consultant, Coalition for a Strong United Nations, Boston, 1993-1998.  Panelist for various CSUN symposia on topics of international law.

Fellow, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation, Washington, 1991.  Led a human rights mission to South Africa to interface with domestic human rights organizations.

Co-Chair, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston, 1991-1994.  Committee on International Human Rights.

Pro Bono Consultant, Amnesty International, Boston, 1989-1998.  Various consulting roles, including developing curricula for high school-level human rights units; creating curriculum for new course on human rights and literature; supervising student groups; conducting workshops and presentations on a variety of human rights law topics.

Director, Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project, Boston, 1991-1992.  Board of Directors and Member, Committee on Fundraising.

EDUCATION

J.D., Boston College Law School, 1985, cum laude.

Alumni Association Achievement Award for overall contribution to the Law School.

Boston College Law Review.  Casenote, Police Office Witnesses Absolutely Immune from Section 1983 Liability:  Briscoe v. LaHue, 25 B.C. L. Rev. 1029 (1984).

National Moot Court Competition:  regional finalist, national quarterfinalist.

B.S., Boston College, 1982, cum laude.

MEMBERSHIP

Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1985 (retired status).