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 New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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