Jane K. Stoever

Biography

Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Stoever was the Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic at American University, Washington College of Law, where she supervised students representing clients in family law and immigration interventions into domestic violence. At American University, Professor Stoever also taught Family Law, Domestic Violence Law, and a clinical seminar on lawyering skills and values. She previously taught in Georgetown University Law Center's Domestic Violence Clinic as a Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow and was awarded the Kaufman Public Interest Fellowship. In addition, Professor Stoever served as a judicial clerk, worked at legal aid offices and at a shelter for teenage girls, and was a live-in staff member at a shelter for homeless families. At Harvard Law School, she was a student attorney at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

Professor Stoever was featured in Harvard Law School's Women's Rights Guide. Her recent article, "Stories Absent from the Courtroom: Responding to Domestic Violence in the Context of HIV and AIDS", was published in the North Carolina Law Review. Her scholarship interests include clinical legal theory, domestic violence law, family law, and feminist legal theory. Her work is available at: http://ssrn.com/author=1325909.