Susan J. Feathers is a public interest lawyer and administrator with 28 years of experience. She is the director of public interest and pro bono at Rutgers Law School in Newark, where she oversees the public interest career advising, public interest fellowships, and service-learning programs. Director Feathers�has been engaged in social justice work for�30 years and currently�serves on the Equal Justice Works Advisory Board and the NYC�Bar Association's� Pro Bono�Committee.��

Her prior experience includes serving as the executive director of the Levin Public Interest Center at Stanford Law School, the assistant dean for public interest at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the director of public interest programs at Yale Law School. She served as a clinical fellow�for the Hofstra Law School's Constitutional Rights, Housing, and Disability Clinics. She began her career at the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau in Manhattan.�

Director Feathers received her J.D. from Northeastern Law School and her B.A. and M.A. summa cum laude in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and elected toPhi Beta Kappa.