Clinics & Externships

Clinic Faculty & Staff

	Michele R. Pistone Associate Professor of Law Director, Clinical Program Director, CARES Clinic

Professor Pistone is a national authority on immigration law and procedure. Her work has focused on issues impacting asylum seekers and refugees. She is a Board Member of Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC), a member of the Executive Committee of the AALS International Human Rights Section, and as a Member of the Legislation Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Professor Pistone has been a clinical teacher for several years and directs the Clinical Program. She also serves on the ABA's Committee on Clinical and Skills Education.

Leslie M. Book Assistant Professor of Law Director, Federal Tax Clinic

Professor Book joined the Villanova faculty in the Fall of 2000. He is an authority on tax procedure and issues affecting the low-income taxpayer community. Professor Book was recently named Chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section Low Income Taxpayer Committee. He was also recently appointed to serve on the ABA Tax Section's Pro Bono Task Force and the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP).

Beth Lyon Assistant Professor of Law Director, Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic

Before joining the faculty of Villanova Law School in 2001, Professor Lyon was a staff attorney with the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in Washington, DC, and a Practitioner-in-Residence at the Washington College of Law, American University. She is a specialist in immigration law and Chair-Elect of the AALS International Human Rights Section.

Dveera Segal Assistant Professor of Law Director, Civil Justice Clinic

Professor Segal joined the Villanova faculty in the Fall of 1999. Her legal career has been as an advocate for the poor, as a staff attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, the Delaware County Legal Assistance Association and as a member of the clinical faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Segal was recently appointed co-vice chair of the Equal Justice to the Poor Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, is on the Board of Directors of HIAS and Council and is a member of the Delivery of Legal Services Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Her expertise and interests focus on poverty law, public interest practice and civil litigation.

Marisa S. Cianciarulo

Reuschlein Clinical Teaching Fellow

Marisa S. Cianciarulo is the 2003-04 Reuschlein Clinical Teaching Fellow for the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES). Marisa comes to Villanova from the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice and Pro Bono in Washington, D.C., where she had served as the staff attorney since December 2001. Prior to that, she was a principal in the immigration law firm of Yacub & Cianciarulo in Falls Church, Virginia. Marisa began practicing immigration law as a student attorney in the American University Washington College of Law International Human Rights Clinic from 1997-1998. From there she went on to be a staff attorney and interim legal director of Catholic Charities Hogar Hispano in Falls Church, Virginia. She received a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, an M.A. from American University School of International Service, and a B.A. from Catholic University, all in Washington, D.C. She is originally from Cherry Hill, N.J. 

Patricia F. Brown Clinic Office Administrator Certified Paralegal

As Clinic Office Administrator, Ms. Brown manages the day-to-day operations of the Clinical Program's law office. She works closely with the faculty and students of the CARES Clinic utilizing her extensive paralegal skills.

Judith A. Moyer Clinic Secretary Certified Paralegal

Ms. Moyer has extensive paralegal experience in civil litigation. She works closely with the faculty and students of the Civil Justice Clinic and the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic.

Ann McGarrigle Clinic Secretary

Ms. McGarrigle has extensive knowledge and experience in the area of federal tax law. She works closely with the faculty and students of the Federal Tax Clinic.

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