Levin Center Names New Executive Director

Levin Center Names New Executive Director
Susan J. Feathers

SUSAN J. FEATHERS is passionate about public service. • The new executive director of the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law, Feathers comes to Stanford after directing the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s public service program for nine years. While there she oversaw the school’s pro bono requirement—an effort that earned Penn Law an ABA Pro Bono Publico Award and inspired Feathers’s recent publication, Pedagogy of Service: The Impact of Mandatory Pro Bono on Post-Graduation Career Choices. Feathers has also taught and practiced human rights law, most recently serving as co-counsel on a lawsuit brought on behalf of Abu Ghraib detainees. Additionally, she is executive board member of several organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Community Legal Services of Philadelphia. • “I am honored to join the Stanford Law community,” says Feathers. “Stanford’s deep and abiding philosophical and financial commitment to clinical legal education, pro bono, and public interest careers makes it a new frontier for legal education.” • The Levin Center was established earlier this year to give focus to and provide a platform for expanding Stanford Law’s longstanding commitment to public service and public interest law. Growth plans for the 2007-2008 academic year include an in-house pro bono project focused on Social Security Disability [see above], a Public Interest Awareness Week, a faculty speaker series, a mentor-in-residence program, and training for pro bono supervisors. In February, the Levin Center will co-sponsor a symposium, Education as a Civil Right. • “We are thrilled to have Susan Feathers, whose work has had far-reaching influence in the public interest legal community, lead the Levin Center into a new era of activity,” says Larry Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean