Ann E. Freedman specializes in family law, particularly domestic violence,
and sex discrimination issues and is the cofounder of the Women's Law
Project, a public interest law firm in Philadelphia. She's active with
the Domestic Violence Clinic and Pro Bono Domestic Violence Program at
Rutgers Law School, and spent her career as an advocate for social justice,
women's and children's rights, and equality.
Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty, Professor Freedman taught at
Georgetown University Law Center, Villanova Law School, and the
University of Pennsylvania. In 1974, she cofounded the Women's Law
Project, a public interest law firm located in Philadelphia, and from
1976 to 1979, she served as an assistant defender at the Defender
Association of Philadelphia, representing indigent defendants in
juvenile and adult criminal courts.
Professor Freedman has for many
years contributed to the development of the law school's clinical
programs, including the Domestic Violence Clinic and the Pro Bono
Domestic Violence Program, which was founded in 1995. She is the faculty
co-coordinator of the Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award Ceremony, a
prominent public interest award inaugurated in 1986 and named for the
first woman attorney in New Jersey, which honors attorneys and judges,
as well as Rutgers students, for their contributions to equal justice
and the public interest. She also serves on the advisory board of the
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project at George
Washington University Law School.
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