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 family law matters. In addition, she was the
supervising attorney for the unit's student work group. Ms. Overton is
codirector of the Civil Practice Clinics, where she is responsible for teaching
and supervising third-year law students representing Camden residents in
a variety of legal matters. Ms. Overton is also 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
University Charter School.
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