ROBERT D. DINERSTEIN CURRICULUM VITAE American University Washington College of Law Office Y-202 4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Telephone (202) 274-4141(O) (301) 520-6096 (C) Fax: (202) 274-0659 E-mail: [email protected] Bar Admissions: New York (1978) U.S. District Courts for Maryland (1984) District of Columbia and District of Columbia (1983) Maryland U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Supreme Court EDUCATION YALE LAW SCHOOL, J.D. 1977 Winner of Francis Wayland Prize, 1975-1976 (for "greatest proficiency in presenting a case in negotiation, arbitration, and litigation") Student Intern, Center for Law and Social Policy, Fall 1976 Teaching Assistant, Mental Hospital Legal Services, Spring Term 1976 Co-chair, Connecticut Valley Hospital Project, 1975-1976 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, A.B. 1974, History Magna Cum Laude, with distinction in all subjects Phi Beta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi (honors fraternity) Dean's List New York State Regents Scholarship History Honors Program 1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE January 1983- American University Present Washington College of Law Acting Dean, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021 Professor of Law, 1990-present Associate Dean for Experiential Education, 2012-2018 Director of Clinical Programs, 1989-1996; 2008-2018 Director, Disability Rights Law Clinic, 2005-present Principal Investigator, Open Society Foundations Disability Rights Fellows Program, 2012-present Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1997-2004 Director, Criminal Justice Clinic, 1988-1996 Associate Professor of Law, 1988-1990 Clinical Lecturer and Supervising Attorney, 1983-1988 Acting Director, Criminal Justice Clinic, 1984-1985 Deputy Director of Clinical Programs, 1985-1988 Acting Director of Clinical Programs, Spring 1987, 1988-89 Courses Taught Disability Rights Law Clinic, seminar and fieldwork (2005-present) Seminar in Law and Disability, Spring 1993--present (developed course idea and extensive materials) Workshop on Clinical Education for Chinese legal educators, Guangzhou, China, July 16-27, 2007 (as part of three-year US AID Rule of Law Grant to train Chinese law professors in clinical pedagogy and curriculum design (with E. Milstein, S. Bennett, et al.) Workshop on Clinical Education for Chinese legal educators, Hangzhou, China, July 21-31, 2008 (as part of three-year US AID Rule of Law Grant to train Chinese law professors in clinical pedagogy and curriculum design (with E. Milstein, S. Bennett, et al.) Workshop on Clinical Education for Chinese legal educators, Qingdao, China, July 22-29, 2009 (as part of three-year US AID Rule of Law Grant to train Chinese law professors in clinical pedagogy and curriculum design (with E. Milstein) 2 Interviewing and Counseling, Spring 2005, Spring 2007 (first-year elective) Supervised Externship Seminar: Public Interest and Government Lawyering (Fall 2002 & 2003) Criminal Justice Clinic, seminar and fieldwork (1983-1998) Have also taught simulation course in Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation and Seminar on the Rights of Civilly Institutionalized Persons, 1985-1992 (developed idea for course and extensive course materials) Developed materials for and taught civil practice segment of Professional Responsibility course, Spring 1985 Introduction to International Trade Law in Latin America, Fourth Annual Summer Law Program in Chile, Santiago, Chile, June--July, 1993 Other WCL Teaching Class on “Disability Rights,” Introduction to Health Care and Life Sciences Fundamentals, Health Law & Policy Institute, WCL Law & Government Program, Washington, DC, 2008-2011 Class on Teaching Reflection, WCL Externship Program, May 15, 2008 Class on Disability Rights in Torts Law—guest lectures in first-year Torts classes, 2002-present (Profs. Carle, Leiter, Popper & Nicola) Class on City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, in Constitutional Law, 2015-16, 2017, 2020 (Prof. Carle) Global Disability Law- Lecture on Article 12 of the CRPD, Prof. Hadar Harris, September 25, 2013; January 28, 2015 Class on special education issues, Marshall-Brennan seminar, 2004-2012, 2017 (Profs. Wermiel, Ahranjani, Curtis) Presentations to visiting students from Turkey (Yediteppe University) (July 2006) and Japan (Ritsumeikan University)(August 2005 & 2006, re the structure of U.S. legal system; August 2008 re disability law) 3 Presentation to WCL Federal Regulatory Process Class on Representing the U.S. Government as Plaintiff, Summer 1993-2006 (Profs. Edles & Nelson) Guest lecture on international disability law and human rights, International Organizations and World Public Health, October 2006 (Prof. Farrell) SJD Dissertation Supervision Chair, Qilin Ma, The Modernization of Chinese Legal Education: From the Perspectives of Traditional Chinese Culture and American Law Ideology (2011) Chair, Hashem Alsharif, Alternative Punishments to Incarceration in the Sharia Criminal Law: The Applicability of Those Alternatives in the Saudi Arabian Criminal Law to Persons with Disabilities (Dissertation defense January 2019) Chair, Michael Mullan, 2018-2020 [Candidate deceased, Fall 2020] Responsibilities as Acting Dean, 2020-2021 Served as acting dean during year in which, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all classes were virtual and almost all employees worked remotely. Main achievements included: • Presided over law school operation with over 1100 JD students, 75 faculty and budget of approximately $70 Million • Entering class in fall 2020 of 359 students (297 day/62 evening) with entering median of 3.51 GPA and 160 LSAT with 40% diversity (an 68% women); WCL received over 5,000 applications to the day and evening divisions combined • Declared 2020-21 to be Year of “WCL for Justice and Equity” and oversaw various anti-racism initiatives, including establishment of student member Dean’s Council on Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Justice, implicit bias training for students, faculty, and staff:, draft policy on bias reporting; and issuance of various Dean’s Messages regarding Black Lives Matter, Jan. 6 Insurrection, and Anti-Asian American bias, among others • Re-structured Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC); drafted and adopted new bylaws reducing the size of the DAC and re-focusing its goals • Addressed welcoming remarks to numerous (virtual) gatherings, alumni meetings, conferences, and symposia; made remarks at December and May Commencement ceremonies 4 • Represented law school at weekly Deans’ Council and monthly Presidential Council meetings, as well as in decanal interviews for deans of School of Communications, College of Arts & Sciences, University Librarian, and Executive Director, Anti-Racist Research and Policy Center, among other searches • Successfully advocated for promotions to associate professor and professor, respectively, as well as re-appointment of all term faculty Responsibilities as Director of Disability Rights Law Clinic Created and direct clinic in which law students, under faculty supervision, represent clients and their families in a number of disability contexts, including special education, supported decision-making agreements, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act cases, advance mental health directives, and domestic and international disability advocacy projects. Teach weekly seminar and case rounds for clinical students on lawyering skills, values and lawyering process (interviewing, counseling, negotiation, fact investigation, case theory, trial skills, lawyer values, systemic analysis), principally through use of simulation techniques, lecture-discussion, and small-group meetings. Prior Responsibilities as Associate Dean for Experiential Education Direct responsibility over WCL’s clinical program (its program of ten (10) in-house clinical programs) as well as involvement in the wide variety of other experiential programs the law school offers, including, but not limited to, the supervised externship program, impact litigation projects, practicum programs, stand-alone simulation courses (including lawyer bargaining, interviewing and counseling, alternative dispute resolution), and other law school projects or courses in which students receive credit (or serve as dean’s fellows) for non-classroom legal work. Identify common themes among these various programs, as well as their specific characteristics, to assist the law school community in articulating and expanding the full range of its experiential education program. Prior Responsibilities as Director of Clinical Programs Responsible for administration of nationally-recognized Clinical Program, including budget preparation and defense, long-range planning, personnel matters, and liaison with law school, university, bar and national and international clinical education communities. The Clinical Program houses nine in-house clinics, serves approximately 225 students per year, and has 23 full-time faculty 5 (tenured, tenure-track, professors of the practice of law and practitioners-in- residence) and 5.5 full-time staff. Prior Responsibilities as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Coordinated curriculum and academic programs of the law school. Advised faculty and Dean on academic issues related to teaching, scholarship and service and on administrative issues. Responsible for determining faculty teaching responsibilities and coordinated, with registrar, faculty teaching schedules. Responsible for hiring, compensation and supervision of large adjunct faculty. Coordinated distribution of student course evaluations. Supervised administratively the Offices of the Registrar, Admissions, and Supervised Externship