Admitted to the Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bars
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Counsel/Supervising Attorney-TEMPLE LEGAL AID OFFICE, LEGAL ADVOCACY FOR PATIENTS PROGRAM. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Teach students and represent clients in a law school clinical office. Client base of indigent clients who have physical disabilities and/or have HIV or cancer. Most common areas of representation include SSI, public and private health insurance and simple estate planning. Responsible for some direct representation as well as outreach and community legal education. Responsible for academic presentations and writing. December 2000-present.
Executive Director-LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE DISABLED, INC. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Responsible for overall management of the Clinic, including managing staff, raising funds, and managing those funds. Recruit and assist volunteers who advise and represent indigent, physically disabled clients pro bono. Advise and represent clients concerning public benefits, family, housing, disability, and other legal issues. September 1997-December 2000.
Staff Attorney-LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE DISABLED, INC. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Attorney for indigent, physically disabled clients. Responsible for managing the Children's Project, a program of the Legal Clinic providing legal services for physically disabled children. Some grant writing responsibility. September 1996-September 1997.
Sole Practitioner-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. General practice caseload consisting primarily of domestic, juvenile, criminal and social security cases. January 1994-October 1997.
Instructor-PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, ABINGTON-OGONTZ CAMPUS, Abington, Pennsylvania. Taught course on elder law to paralegal students. September 1995-April 1997.
Staff Attorney-PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC. Waukegan, Illinois. Attorney for low income and senior citizen clients. Primary caseload of public housing, evictions, foreclosures, family law, and public benefit cases. February 1992-June 1993.
Senior Staff Attorney-WILL COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, INC. Joliet, Illinois. Attorney for low income and senior citizen clients, specializing in SSI and other public benefits, landlord/tenant, and family law cases. Worked on special projects, including Unemployment and Developmental Disability projects. Some responsibility for dealing with funding sources. Supervised staff attorneys. October 1987-January 1992.
Law Clerk-CLEVELAND LEGAL AID SOCIETY'S BAR ADVOCACY PROJECT. Cleveland, Ohio. Interviewed mentally ill patients in state mental hospitals and advised them concerning their legal problems. Wrote memoranda covering several health law topics for community groups and for attorneys at the agency. 1985-1986.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Rand, Spencer, Teaching Law Students To Practice Toward Social Justice: Some Help From Social Work's Empowerment Approach (working title), forthcoming in ____ Clinical L. Rev. ______(Fall 2006).
Rand, Spencer, A Call for Help, 67 The Philadelphia Lawyer 62 (2004)-an article describing the neighborhood and condition of a poor family in North Philadelphia.
Rand, Spencer, There Oughta Be A Law: Steps Can Be Taken to Provide a Living Wage for Everyone in America, 67 The Philadelphia Lawyer 54 (2004)--a book review of Ending Poverty as We Know It by William P. Quigley.
Rand, Spencer, Complying With the ADA: As Service Establishments, Law Offices Must Accommodate People With Disabilities, 66 The Philadelphia Lawyer 15 (2003).
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
June 19, 2006, Concurrent session presenter, University of Gloucestershire and Texas Wesleyan University Law School Gloucester Conference entitled "Too Pure an Air: Law and the Quest for Freedom, Justice, and Equality," on panel entitled "Justice, Equal Access, and Legal Advocacy."
October 2005, Concurrent session presenter, UCLA Law /University of London Sixth International Clinical Conference, on panel entitled "Revisiting the Relationship Between the Clinic and Social Justice."
May 3, 2004, Concurrent session presenter, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, San Diego, CA. "Teaching Politics: Lessons from Other Disciplines."
April 28, 2003, Philadelphia, PA Continuing Legal Education Program planner and presenter. "Attorney Responsibilities to Clients with Disabilities: What the Law Requires and What You Can Do."
RECENT AWARDS/HONORS
2003 Distinguished Advocate of the Year, Support Center for Child Advocates.
2003 Outstanding Dedication and Service award, Legal Clinic for the Disabled.
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Legal Clinic for the Disabled, 2002-present. Chair of the Program/Planning Committee.
Friends Child Care Center, 2000-2003. Co-President of the Board, 2001-2003.
EDUCATION
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. Cleveland, Ohio. Juris Doctor. 1987.
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, OXFORD PROGRAM. Oxford, England. Summer 1986.
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO. London, Ontario, Canada. Spring 1986.
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK. Cleveland, Ohio. Master of Science in Social Administration. Social Work. 1987.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Chicago, Illinois. Bachelor of Arts in English. 1983.
