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Patience A. Crowder

Professor Crowder joined the faculty in June 2007. Before joining the faculty, she taught as a Clinical Fellow in the Community Development Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Prior to joining the legal academy, Professor Crowder was the Business Development Manager for St. HOPE Corporation, a nonprofit community development corporation that revitalizes inner-city communities through economic development and public education. She began her legal career in private practice in San Francisco, California, as a bank finance associate with Shearman & Sterling. Her scholarly interests include examining the impact of contract, corporate, and local government law in transactional advocacy for the public's interest, particularly the revitalization of inner-city and underserved communities.

Professor Crowder earned her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law - Newark, where she served as an Articles Editor of the Rutgers Law Review. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown University.

Education and Degrees Earned

• J.D., RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW - Newark, Newark, NJ, May 1999
• B.A., Sociology, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC, May 1995

Areas of Academic Specialty

Scholarly interests include examining the impact of contract, corporate, and local government law in transactional advocacy for the public's interest, particularly the revitalization of inner-city and underserved communities.

Previous Teaching Experience

• UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW
  Community Development Clinic, Baltimore, MD, July 2004 - June 2007 Clinical Fellow

Professional Affiliations

Member of the Bar, State of California, State of Maryland, and State of Oklahoma.

• Partner, PLANiTULSA (City of Tulsa's comprehensive plan process), City of Tulsa (June 2008 - Present).
• Board of Directors, Community Action Project of Tulsa County (September 2007 - Present); Executive Committee Member (May 2008 - Present); Asset Building Committee Chair (May 2008 - Present).
• Section on Civil Rights, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Member (January 2007 - Present); Secretary (January 2008 - Present); Executive Committee Member (January 2007 - Present).
• Participant, nTEDI (North Tulsa Economic Development Initiative) Leadership Program (inaugural class) (January 2008 - May 2008).
• Leadership Committee, Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League Young Professionals (October 2007 - Present); Policies and Procedures Chair (October 2008 - Present); Leadership Development Committee Co-Chair (October 2007 - October 2008).
• Community Economic Development Committee, ABA Section of Business Law (2007 - Present); Planning Committee, 2008 Spring Meeting (2007 - 2008).

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