Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, Rutgers Law
Domestic Violence Project. Ms. Robbins earned her undergraduate degree
in biology in 1988 at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her
law degree in 1991 with high honors at Rutgers- Camden, where she was a
member of the Rutgers Law Journal, a recipient of the
graduation award in Family Law, a recipient of the American
Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure, and a Dean`s Scholar. After
law school, Ms. Robbins clerked for Justice Michael Patrick King, a
presiding judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.
She later practiced family law in Pennsylvania and general practice in
New Jersey. After teaching as an adjunct, she joined the Legal Research
and Writing Faculty in 1997 and moved to the clinical program
department in 2000, where she serves as the supervising attorney to the
Rutgers Law Domestic Violence Project. Ms. Robbins has published a
practice treatise, New Jersey Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure,
and she has appeared on Legal Line, a cable televised program designed
for nonlawyers to learn about law. She also continues to consult,
present, and publish in the area of legal writing and she is the
chairperson of the Legal Writing Institute`s Committee on Upper Level
Legal Writing.