Biography

Hillary Burgess joined Hofstra School of Law as Assistant Professor of Academic Support. Before joining Hofstra, Professor Burgess taught Alternative Dispute Resolution at Rutgers School of Law - Camden. She also incorporated academic support writing into her undergraduate courses in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Prisoners' Rights, Criminal Justice in America, and Criminal Justice and Social Conflict. Additionally, she has taught US History, Business Writing, and Rhetoric at Rutgers - Camden and Rowan Universities. Professor Burgess presents nationally and internationally on topics including collaborative learning, writing across the curriculum, using technology in and outside the classroom, and how culture impacts diverse students' experience of law school. She is an active participant in the academic support and legal writing communities and maintains the national databank of academic success resources and surveys.

Professor Burgess has been active in ensuring the rights of crime victims, serving as a legal victim advocate and crisis counselor for rape and domestic violence crisis centers in Illinois and North Carolina. She also served as a crisis counselor for suicide, rape, and general crises at the University of Chicago.

She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill, where she studied Legal Education with Judith Wegner, author of the Carnegie Report. She also studied the history of the United States Supreme Court with the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in Strasbourg, France. Professor Burgess earned dual honors at the University of Chicago as an undergraduate where she wrote her honor's thesis paper on comparing sexual assault laws across the fifty United States.

Professor Burgess is currently working on a paper about how incorporating flow charts into 1L courses reaches students of all learning styles and updating her 50 state statutory survey on sexual assault laws and reforms.

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