Dean Edelman received her A.B. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as Editor_in_Chief of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law and was a member of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. Before joining the faculty in 1993, Dean Edelman clerked for the Honorable I. Leo Glasser of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and was a litigator in private practice in New York City and Philadelphia.

Dean Edelman’s research and teaching interests focus on legal writing, appellate advocacy and international law.