Research Interests
Civil rights and civil liberties
First amendment law
Criminal law and procedure
Property and commercial law
Courses
POLS BC 3302
Colloquium on First Amendment Values
POLS BC 3326
Colloquium on Civil Rights and Liberties
Education
J.D. Columbia University School of Law, 1983
B.A. summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa, Barnard College, 1980
Current Experience and Activities
Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey, 1986-present.
Teaching Property and Commercial Law.
Founder and Director, New Jersey Mentor Program, 1987-present.
Mentor pairs inner-city high schools with law firms, public sector law
offices and Seton Hall Law School in order to provide young people with access
to role models within the legal profession as well as a desire and capability
to participate effectively in our legal system.
Selected Honors
Medal of Honor, New Jersey State Bar Foundation, 2006
Professor of the Year, Seton Hall Law School, 1997, 1993, 1990, 1988
Fellowship, Leadership New Jersey, 1993
Outstanding Service Award, Rotary International, 1993
Young Lawyer of the Year, New Jersey Bar Association, 1992
Outstanding Achievement Award, Seton Hall Law School Peter W. Rodino, Jr.
Law Society, 1991
Exemplary Teacher, the American Association of Higher Education, 1990
Outstanding Achievement Award, New Jersey State Bar Association Young
Lawyers Division, 1990
Phi Beta Kappa, upon completion of junior year, 1979
Recent Publications and Papers
Co-author, Property Law and the Public Interest (Michie, 1998)
Throw Your Fears Out the Window (Donnelly, 1997)
Co-author, New Jersey Forms of Jury Instruction (Multi-Volume Series,
Matthew Bender, 1993).
The Community of Law Teachers and Scholars Expands: Guideposts for New
Faculty, 22 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1375 (1992).
The Mentor Program: Building Bridges to the Community, 22 Seton Hall
L. Rev. 1366 (1992).
Reclaiming Our Noble Profession, 22 Seton Hall L. Rev. 307 (1992).
Biographical Statement
"Paula A. Franzese received her B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
from Barnard College and her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law,
where she was an International Fellow, Teaching Fellow, and recipient of the
prestigious Rosenman Prize. She was a litigator with Cahill Gordon & Reindel in
New York City, where she also served as a member of the Housing Court Reform
Project and the Governor's Task Force on Life and Law. She is a former law clerk
to New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Alan B. Handler. She joined the Seton Hall
Law School faculty in 1986, where she is Professor of Law, directs the Pro Bono
Program, has taught at Fordham Law School and teaches at Barnard College.
Professor Franzese has received the Seton Hall Law School Professor of the
Year Award an unprecedented four times, has been named an Exemplary
Teacher by the American Association of Higher Education and is the recipient
of numerous awards and honors, including the New Jersey Young Lawyer of the Year
Award.
With an expertise in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, First Amendment Law,
Criminal Law and Procedure, Property and Commercial Law, Professor Franzese has
published extensively, and is the co-author of Property Law and the Public
Interest (Michie, 1998), author of Throw Your Fears Out the Window
(Donnelly, 1997) and co-author of New Jersey Forms of Jury Instruction
(Matthew Bender, 1993). She is featured as a Legends of the Law on
Property (Harcourt Brace) and is commentator on Court TV. She is Commissioner of
the Essex Human Rights Commission and serves on the American Arbitration
Association, the National Affordable Housing Colloquium, the Federal Bar Council
and the Columbia Law School Alumni Board of Directors, and has served as Chair of
the Barnard College Alumnae Council.
Professor Franzese is President of the New York-based Justice Resource Center,
and founded the New Jersey Mentor Program, a law-related education program for
inner-city youth. In 1996 she was appointed by Governor Whitman to serve as
Commissioner of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. She lectures
throughout the country and leads several pro bono initiatives on behalf of
children."
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