Susan K. Sloane
Co-Director of LSSC for Legal Research and Writing
Vassar College, A.B. 1969
Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1972
Susan Sloane is Co-Director for Writing and Research of the Legal Skills in Social Context
Program. She joined the Northeastern adjunct faculty in 2006-2007, teaching Legal Research
and Writing. She previously taught a similar course at Boston University School of Law for four
years. Professor Sloane served as Interim Co-Director of the LSSC program for one year and
became the permanent Co-Director in 2008. She began her legal career at Choate, Hall &
Stewart in Boston and then served in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, first as
an assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Division and then as chief of the
Division of Public Charities. She opened her own practice in 1985 specializing in mediation and
collaborative law, primarily in the field of family law. She has also coached the Boston
University undergraduate mock trial and mock mediation teams for many years.
Student contact information: Work: 617-373-4556 (direct); Email: s.sloane@neu.edu
Thomas Bean
Washington University, A.B., cum laude, 1977
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1981
University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, 1986
Mr. Bean is a practicing attorney in the Boston office of Verrill Dana, LLP, a firm based in
Portland, Maine. He represents companies and individuals in contract disputes, companies
experiencing financial distress or dealing with companies in financial distress, and commercial
lenders. Prior to joining Verrill Dana, he practiced in the Boston office of an international law
firm, and served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
where he argued thirteen cases before the Supreme Judicial Court and four before the United
States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Student contact information: Thomas.bean20@gmail.com
Christopher D. Browne
Stonehill College, B.A. 2004
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. 2007
A graduate of Northeastern ('07), Chris Browne took advantage of co-ops with the Office of the
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and the General Counsel's Office of EMC
Corporation to hone the writing skills he developed in Northeastern's Legal Writing program.
While a student at Northeastern, Chris was a founding member of the Northeastern University
Law Journal and represented the school in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition. In
addition, Chris had the unusual opportunity to serve as a law clerk to Justice Janis M. Berry of
the Massachusetts Appeals Court in his third year of law school and during the summer
following his graduation. Since the end of his clerkship at the Appeals Court, Chris has been a
law clerk with the Massachusetts Superior Court, focusing his work on the court's Business
Litigation Session. Chris also works as a technical editor for the Massachusetts Law Review.
Student contact information: christopherd.browne@gmail.com
Donald Cabell
Université de Paris, 1983-84
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A. 1986
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. 1991
Following his graduation from law school in 1991, Mr. Cabell spent four years in private practice
litigating commercial, securities and employment matters, first as a litigation associate for Hale
and Dorr, and then for Peckham Lobel Casey Prince and Tye. Since 1995, Mr. Cabell has worked
for the Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Boston U.S. Attorney’s Office.
His responsibilities have included prosecuting all types of federal felony offenses, including
firearms, narcotics, fraud and violent crime, but he has focused his practice for the last several
years on prosecuting terrorism and espionage cases as a member of the Office’s Antiterrorism
and National Security Unit. In addition to trying dozens of cases in the District Court, Mr. Cabell
has successfully argued several matters before the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Cabell
teaches legal research and writing in the Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) program.
Student contact information: donaldcabell@hotmail.com
Romeo Camba
Rutgers University, B.S. 1990
Northeastern University, J.D. 1994
Romeo G. Camba is the head of the Law Clerk Program at the Massachusetts Superior Court. He
was previously an Assistant Attorney General at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, a
litigation associate at Burns & Levinson LLP, and a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts
Superior Court. Mr. Camba teaches legal research and writing in the Legal Skills in Social Context
(LSSC) program.
Student contact information: rgcamba@yahoo.com
Phil Catanzano
Northeastern University, B.S. 1999)
Boston College Law School, J.D. 2002
Boston College Lynch School of Education, M.Ed. 2002
Mr. Catanzano is an attorney with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Catanzano was a litigator at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, where his practice focused on intellectual property litigation. During his
time in private practice, Mr. Catanzano also dedicated a substantial amount of time to the firm's
pro bono efforts, representing indigent clients in immigration asylum proceedings and in the
Massachusetts state and federal courts. In addition, he has drafted amicus briefs to the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court regarding the privacy rights of sexual assault victims and
he currently serves as the Amicus Chair of the Boston Bar Association's Civil Rights-Civil Liberties
Section. Mr. Catanzano has most recently published an article in the Massachusetts Law Review
regarding the impact of globalization on trademark rights. He teaches legal research and
writing in the Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) program.
Student contact information: pjcatanzano@gmail.com
Margaret Hahn-Dupont
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 1987
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1991
Ms. Hahn-Dupont worked as an associate in the litigation department at Shearman & Sterling in
New York upon her graduation from law school. In 1994 and 1995, she served as the law clerk
to United States District Court Judge Denny Chin in the Southern District of New York.
Following her clerkship, she taught at Fordham University School of Law in both the JD and
LL.M. programs, in the Lawyering Program at New York University School of Law, and at
Brooklyn Law School. Ms. Hahn-DuPont teaches Legal Writing in the Legal Services in Social
Context program.
Student contact information: mhahndupont@gmail.com
Lynn G. Huggins
Simmons College, BA 1982
Suffolk University Law School, JD 1990
Ms. Huggins is a Senior Law Clerk to the Justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She
was previously an associate in the Labor and Employment Department at Palmer & Dodge, and
a law clerk to Chief Justices David A. Brock and John T. Broderick, Jr. of the New Hampshire
Supreme Court. Ms. Huggins teaches legal research and writing in the Legal Skills in Social
Context (LSSC) Program.
Student contact information: lghuggins@msn.com
Peter M. Kelley
Boston College, A.B. 1987
Suffolk University Law School, J.D. 1991
Boston University Graduate School of Management, M.B.A. 2005
Mr. Kelley currently serves as Board Counsel and occasional Administrative Hearings Counsel
with the Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure. He is also a Special Assistant
Attorney General for the Division with respect to affirmative civil litigation. Prior to that, Mr.
Kelley worked for more than a decade with the City of Boston, as both the Legal Advisor to the
Boston Public School Department and as an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the Law
Department. After graduating cum laude from Suffolk University Law School, Mr. Kelley served
first as a law clerk and then as deputy chief law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts
Superior Court and then as an associate with Glovsky,Tarlow & Milberg, in Boston, where his
practice was concentrated in complex civil litigation. Mr. Kelley taught education law at the
University of Massachusetts, Boston Graduate School of Education for eight years and presently
for the Principal Residency Network at Northeastern University’s Center for Collaborative
Education. He teaches legal research and writing in the Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC)
program.
Student contact information: kelleypeter@msn.com
Wynter Lavier
Roger Williams University, B.A. 2004
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. 2007
Ms. Lavier is a litigation associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., whose
practice encompasses a range of litigation matters including complex civil litigation, government
litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Ms. Lavier also maintains an active pro bono
practice in the area of asylum law. She has represented numerous clients seeking political
asylum before the Boston Immigration Court, and her recent clients include political asylees
from Columbia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti. Ms. Lavier is also a member of the
board of directors of the International Institute of New England, a nonprofit organization
focused on providing outreach and assistance to immigrants, refugees, and other vulnerable
populations. Ms. Lavier teaches legal research and writing in the Legal Skills in Social Context
(LSSC) program.
Student contact information: wlavier@gmail.com
James D. Livingstone
George Washington University Law School, J.D.
Jay Livingstone, a graduate of George Washington University Law School, works as an Assistant
District Attorney for the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office. He currently supervises
the prosecutors in Waltham District Court. He previously worked as an associate at Nystrom,
Beckman & Paris in the Back Bay and Clearly,
Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in Washington, DC, and was Civil Division Chief and Assistant
Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands Attorney General's Office. He is active in
community and political events in Boston. He serves as the Second Vice Chair of the Boston
Ward 5 Democratic Committee and Secretary of the Zoning and Licensing Committee of the
Beacon Hill Civic Association.
Student contact information: j_livingstone@msn.com
Carol Mallory
Bowdoin College, B.A. 1990
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. 1996
Ms. Mallory is an attorney in private practice. Her practice consists primarily of performing
legal research and writing projects under contract to other attorneys. Prior to starting her own
practice Ms. Mallory worked for six years as a staff attorney in the Employment Unit of Greater
Boston Legal Services. She began her career as a law clerk for Justice Gerald Gillerman of the
Massachusetts Appeals Court, and later worked as a litigation associate at the firm of Stern,
Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin. She has taught the Poverty Law Clinic and currently teaches legal
research and writing in the Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) program.
Student contact information: roloopa@yahoo.com
Claudia McKelway
University of Hawaii, B.A. 1976
Suffolk University Law School, J.D. 1979
Claudia McKelway is the General Counsel to the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea, a retirement and
long term care facility for Massachusetts veterans operated by the Commonwealth. She is a
graduate of the University of Hawaii and Suffolk University Law School. Ms. McKelway clerked
after graduation for The Honorable Thomas Ogata, Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme
Court, and then returned to Massachusetts where she has had an extensive civil litigation
career in both the private and public sectors. She was a partner at Davis, Malm & D’Agostine,
where her practice focused on commercial litigation, personal injury and medical malpractice
cases, and appellate matters. As Deputy Corporation Counsel for Litigation at the City of
Boston, Ms. McKelway supervised approximately sixty attorneys, including staff attorneys and
outside counsel, representing the City in all matters. Ms. McKelway represented the City of
Boston in cases involving First Amendment free speech issues, medical malpractice, and
employment discrimination.
Student contact information: Claudia.mckelway@comcast.net
Anne Marie Ofori-Acquaah
University of Ghana, Legon, LL.B. 1980
Yale Law School, LL.M. 1983
New York University, LL.M. 1984
University of Toronto Faculty of Law, S.J.D. 1987
Anne-Marie Ofori-Acquaah is the Associate Labor Counsel for the Massachusetts Trial Court.
She represents the Trial Court at arbitration hearings, in employment matters before the
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Division of Labor Relations, the Division
of Unemployment Assistance and in the trial courts. Prior to joining the Trial Court, she was
the Special Assistant General Counsel for the Department of Mental Health, where she was
responsible for representing the Department at the Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination, and also handled a variety of functions such as reviewing client appeals and
drafting regulations. She has a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Ghana, a masters
of law degree from Yale Law School and New York University and a doctoral degree from the
University of Toronto.
Student contact information: pepraa@hotmail.com
Dyane O’Leary
Villanova University, B.A.
Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
Dyane O’Leary is a senior associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department at Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP in Boston. Her practice focuses primarily on intellectual property
and complex commercial litigation. She re-joined WilmerHale in 2009 after completing a
clerkship with the Honorable William E. Smith in the United States District Court for the District
of Rhode Island. Professor O'Leary graduated summa cum laude from Villanova University and
Suffolk University Law School and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston
Bar Association, and Women's Bar Association. She is also an adjunct instructor of legal
research and writing at New England Law|Boston and a member of the Legal Writing Institute.
Student contact Information: dl.oleary@neu.edu
Alex Philipson
Northwestern University, B.A.
Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D.
Alex G. Philipson is the founder of Philipson Legal: An Appellate Boutique, a specialty firm
providing sophisticated appellate representation and consulting services. He is former Senior
Staff Counsel to the Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, where he served
from 2003 to 2011. Before that, he practiced in the Appellate Division of the Suffolk County
District Attorney's Office. Philipson also clerked for the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois, in Chicago. Philipson received his B.A. from Northwestern University, and his
J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was a member of the law review and the moot
court honor society. He has taught appellate advocacy at New England Law, Boston. He teaches
in the LSSC program.
Student contact information: ap@philipsonlegal.com
Sabita Singh
Pennsylvania State University, B.A. 1987
Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1990
Sabita Singh is Associate Justice of the District Court Department of the Trial Court for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Singh served
as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston where she specialized in human
trafficking cases. She also practiced civil litigation with Bingham McCutchen LLP. Prior to that,
Judge Singh served as a state prosecutor with the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office
and as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court. She is a graduate of Boston University
School of Law and Pennsylvania State University. She is also past president and founding
member of the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston and the North American South
Asian Bar Association.
Student contact information: judgesabita@gmail.com