Email
Phone
(718) 340-4376
Office
350C2
Pamela Edwards, Professor of law and Director of the
Center for Diversity in the Legal Profession, holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of
Law and B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from New York University. Before law school, she
worked with the economic development arm of the City of New York, where she
structured financing packages for small corporations undertaking major capital
investment projects. After graduating from law school, she practiced commercial
litigation at Lord, Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, specializing in securities
class actions and insurance litigation. She began her teaching career at Hofstra
University School of Law, where she taught classes in legal writing and
appellate advocacy. Pamela was named the Director of Multicultural Student
Recruitment and Student Affairs.
Professor Edwards is involved in bar
association activities and is a member of several professional organizations,
including the Society of American Law Teachers, the Legal Writing Institute, and
the Annual Northeast Regional People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference; she
served as site coordinator for the 2001 Conference and remains a member of its
planning committee. She has published in the areas of conflicts of law, sports
law, legal education, commercial law, and legal writing. At CUNY, where she
began teaching in 1998, she teaches Business Associations, commercial law
courses, and Contracts. Her scholarly interests include critical race feminism,
access to higher education and to legal services, and professional
responsibility. She served as Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from
2005-07.
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