Associate Professor of Law

JDennis@sulc.edu

(225) 771-4900

Courses taught:  Immigration Law, Commercial Papers, and Patent Law

Professor Dennis earned her B.A. degree from Rutgers University, Rutgers College; her J.D. degree from Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law; her M.S. in Biotechnology from The Johns Hopkins University; and her M.A.Ed. in Higher Education from Trident University International.

Professor Dennis is admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to joining the faculty at SULC, Professor Dennis was a member of the faculties at Vermont Law School, Touro College - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, and Florida A&M University College of Law, where she taught in the legal writing programs and upper-level courses in environmental, agricultural and biotechnology Patent Law, and Law and Medicine. At VLS, Dennis was faculty adviser for the Black Law Students Association, and Brothers and Sister in Christ, and at Touro, Dennis was a faculty adviser for the International Law Review. She has served as a regional moot court judge for the American Bar Association, National Appellate Advocacy Competition. Dennis also clerked for the Honorable William P. Gilroy in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, and she worked on civil service employment appeals with the State of New Jersey, Department of Personnel, Division of Merit System Practices and Labor Relations.

In law school, Dennis focused her studies in Intellectual Property Law and Immigration Law, and she received the Distinguished Class Performance notation in Intellectual Property Licensing Law. She also participated in a study abroad program in Toronto, Ontario, where she studied Canadian civil procedure, evidence, and international law. She has technical expertise in chemistry, molecular biology, and FDA regulation of clinical trials and product development.

Professor Dennis is committed to public service. She organized and supervised a collaborative on-site pro bono project for VLS law students with Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in May 2010, and she has served as pro bono counsel in immigration cases involving detained aliens on referral from the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center in York, PA. Dennis also serves as a Deputy Editor for the American Bar Association's Section of International Law - International Law News, and as Editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry.

Dennis has written, published and presented articles in patent law, immigration law, multiculturalism, and legal writing skills and pedagogy. Her research interests include Biotechnology and Patent Law, Teaching Methodologies and Pedagogy, Immigration and Nationality Law, and Food and Drug Law. Selected articles are available at her SSRN webpage:http://ssrn.com/author=1159304.

Professor Dennis is fluent in French and she enjoys ice skating, classical music, theatre, and photography.