Professor Emeritus Robert E. Rains
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
July 2013 - present: Professor Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law.
August 1983 - June 2013: Professor, The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law*, Carlisle, PA. Asst. Prof. 1983-87; Assoc. Prof. 1987-89. Director, Community Law Clinic (formerly the Family Law and Disability Law Clinics).
Courses: Family Law; Comparative and International Family Law; Juvenile Law; Law and Individuals with Disabilities. Past courses taught: Administrative Law; Education Law; Equal Protection and Civil Rights; Appellate Advocacy; Legislation; Legal Methods, Research and Writing.
Fall 1980 - Spring 1983: Adjunct Professor, The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, PA. Education Law Seminar; Law and the Handicapped Seminar; Temporary Supervisor, Legal Assistance Program for the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, PA.
October 1979 - August 1983: Partner, law firm of Rains & Jacobsen, Harrisburg, PA.
General civil practice emphasizing human services, governmental benefits and civil rights.
August 1974 - October 1979: Deputy Attorney General, Pennsylvania Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA.
EDUCATION:
Harvard Law School, J.D. 1974.
Michigan State University, B.A. Political Science 1970.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
*The Dickinson School of Law became part of The Pennsylvania State University in July 1997.