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Staff Bios
Gina D. Rowsam, Assistant Dean
growsam@okcu.edu
Dean Rowsam is responsible for providing administrative leadership and oversight to the overall operations of the Professional and Career Development Center and Licensed Legal Intern Program. This includes counseling students and alumni; cultivation of employer relationships and job opportunities; production of jobs database and job data mine resource; organization of on- and off-campus interview programs and job fairs; developing and presenting workshops, panels, and other programs; career development mentor program; representing the law school to allied career associations and other legal organizations; maintenance of student, graduate and employer information databases; development of career tools and resources; serving as advisor to public interest and pro bono students organizations.
Laurie W. Jones, Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Coordinator and Legal Research and Writing Professor
ljones@okcu.edu
Professor Jones is responsible for discovering and generating opportunities in local and outlying legal communities for law students to assist attorneys doing pro bono work, e.g. working with the private bar involvement coordinator at Legal Aid, and working with other public interest/legal services entities providing legal assistance to people of low or moderate means. This includes developing new initiatives for promotion of law students and alumni in the public interest / public sector legal markets; developing and revising public interest resource and marketing materials for internal and external constituents; providing oversight for the school’s pro bono and public interest law web pages; serving as staff liaison to student, local and national pro bono and public interest organizations; assisting students in applying for national conferences, career fairs, awards and fellowships/scholarships.
Carol Kinser, Data Analyst and Systems Manager
ckinser@okcu.edu
Carol Kinser administers the overall systems management of the Professional and Career Development Center for the law school. She is responsible for developing, collecting, maintaining, reporting and analyzing student, alumni, employer and employment data; serving as the office leader in conversion to integrated systems software; developing and administering E-marketing activities with respect to on- and off-campus interview programs, judicial clerkship and externship programs, and job fairs. She is also responsible for law school administration of Oklahoma’s Licensed Legal Intern program where she serves as a liaison to the Oklahoma Bar Association's Licensed Legal Intern Committee.
Debbie Boles, Law Career Counselor
dboles@okcu.edu
Debbie Boles’ primary responsibility rests in counseling students and graduates, individually and at the group level to provide quality information, service and advice in the areas of career strategizing, professional development, and resume and cover letter preparation; assists in the development and presentation of programs, workshops, career tools and resources and web site content development.
Keetah Simonds, Administrative Assistant
lawcareers@okcu.edu
This position serves as the office receptionist, provides general office and clerical support and maintains the jobs database.