Clinical Associate Professor of Law. Professor Rodriguez is a 1988 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. She holds a B.A. in psychology and political science and an M.A. in English from SUNY Buffalo. She teaches Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research I and II; and Animal Law. Prior to joining the faculty in 2006, she taught at Pacific McGeorge School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law. From 1994 to 2001, Professor Rodriguez was a freelance legal writer in Northern California. Her legal writing clients included the Animal Protection Institute (API), a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Sacramento. As counsel for API, she testified before Congress on critical habitat issues affecting wild horses and burros throughout the western United States. From 1988 to 1994, Professor Rodriguez, an instrument-rated commercial pilot, practiced appellate and administrative law with the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Professor Rodriguez's publications include: Using Feedback Theory to Help Novice Legal Writers Develop Expertise, 86:2 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 207 (2009); and Restricting the Use of Animal Traps in the US: An Overview of Laws and Strategy, 9 Animal L. 135 (2003) (with Dena M. Jones).