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Michelle A. Whelan

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Expertise: Lawyering
Clinics and Programs: Lawyering
Contact
(607) 254-4753
Assistant
Sarah Carpenter
Cornell Law School
scp88@cornell.edu
Address
Cornell Law School
G20G Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
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Biography

Michelle Whelan is a Clinical Professor in the Lawyering Program.

After graduating with honors from the University of Florida School of Law in 1990, Professor Whelan practiced commercial litigation at the Miami law firms of Greenberg Traurig and Steel, Hector & Davis. During her 17-year career in private practice, she represented corporate clients in lawsuits involving shareholder disputes, breaches of contract, product liability, real estate disputes, defamation, and intellectual property. Profesor Whelan was also actively involved in summer associate recruiting and hiring.

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Cornell Law Professors Write A Guide to Teaching Lawyering Skills
Lawyering program director Joel Atlas — along with Lara Gelbwasser Freed, Andrea J. Mooney, Michelle A. Whelan, and two former Cornell Law colleagues, John Mollenkamp and Ursula Weigold — publish A Guide to Teaching Lawyering Skills (Carolina Academic Press, 2012).

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