Clinical Attorney, Civil Practice Clinic. Ms. Overton earned her B.A. in 1983 at Wellesley College and her J.D. at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Berkeley) in 1988. Upon graduation, she joined Greater Boston Legal Services in Massachusetts as a housing law attorney. She later transferred to the family law unit, where she represented victims of domestic violence in a variety of family law matters. In addition, she was the supervising attorney for the unit`s student work group. Ms. Overton teaches and supervises case work in the Civil Practice Clinics and also is the supervising attorney for the Rutgers/LEAP Legal Project. The Rutgers/LEAP Legal Project provides legal representation to parents of students in the LEAP Academy Charter School. Ms. Overton is also the codirector of the Marshall-Brennan Fellowship Program at Rutgers` School of Law-Camden. In the Marshall-Brennan Fellowship Program, talented second- and third-year law students teach a course on constitutional rights and responsibilities to high school students. She is a member of the Bars of Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
