Kamita, Jennifer S.

Jennifer S. Kamita, Distinguished Retired Faculty

Distinguished Retired Faculty

Courses Taught

  • Legal Process
  • Summer Institute
  • Torts II
  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Ethical Lawyering

Education

  • BS, University of Southern California
  • JD, cum laude, Loyola Law School, Order of the Coif

Background

After graduation from law school, Jennifer Kamita practiced with the Beverly Hills law office of Emmett J. Gantz where she specialized in medical malpractice and products liability. Kamita joined the Loyola faculty in 1990.

Selected Scholarship

Representative Academic Presentations

  • Co-Presenter (with Marty Peters [Elon University School of Law]), Evaluating and Diagnosing Student Performance, LSAC Academic Assistance Training Workshop, University of Denver, June 13-16, 2012
  • Co-Presenter (with Dean Frederic White [Texas Wesleyan University School of Law] and Reynaldo Valencia [St. Mary’s School of Law], Planning Strategically for Tomorrow and Beyond, LSAC Academic Assistance Training Workshop, University of Denver, June 13-16, 2012
  • Co-Presenter (with Sue Lunbeck [University of California, Hastings] and Joanne Koren [University of Miami]), Legal Writing and Academic Support: A Partnership in Skills Training, Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, June 27-30, 2010
  • Moderator, Advising, Counseling and Conferencing: Before, During and After Bar Results, LSAC Academic Assistance Workshop, Southwestern University, September 2008
  • Co-Presenter (with Christopher Hawthorne [Loyola Law School, Los Angeles]), The Bar Exam - Designing a Plan of Attack, National Academic Assistance Workshop, University of Miami, June 20-23, 2007
  • Guest lecturer, Bridge Program at the University of Arizona, Summer 1997-2007
  • Presenter, The Bar Exam - Designing a Plan of Attack, National Academic Assistance Workshop, University of Miami, June 20-23, 2007
  • Presenter, Job Search Plan for Law Students, NAPABA/NAPALA conference, November 12-16, 2003
  • Presenter, Non-traditional Factors in Bar Exam Preparation, Midwest Regional Academic Assistance Workshop re: Academic Support and the Bar Examination, June 8-9, 2002
  • Presenter, Programs for Improving Bar Pass/Upper-Level Students, National Academic Assistance Workshop, June 19-22, 2002
  • Presenter, Summer Programs for Non-traditional Law Students, Teaching and Counseling Non-traditional Law Students, and Bar Passage Issues and Non-traditional Law Students, South Regional Academic Assistance Workshop re: Non-traditional Law Students, June 22-23, 2001
  • Presenter, Making Friends and Influencing Faculty, Northeast Regional Academic Support Conference re: Academic Support for New Directors, July 19-20, 2001
  • Presenter, Creating a Bar Preparation Program, National Academic Support Conference, New York, June 1997

Public Service

  • Member, LSAC Academic Assistance Assessment Models Work Group, 2007-2008
  • Member, LSAC Academic Assistance Topical Conference Planning Committee, 2007-2008
  • Member, Writing Advisory Panel for LSAC’s LSAT Scored Writing Project, 2002-2003
  • Participant, Focus Group Meeting of Bar Experts, State Bar of California, Council on Access & Fairness, March 21, 2008