Faculty/Staff Bios

CLINICAL PROFESSOR LOIS H. KANTER

• Executive Director, former Clinical Director, of the Domestic Violence Institute
• Founder of Dorchester Court Clinic and the Domestic Violence Institute at Boston Medical Center (DVI/BMC)
• STET
• Liaison to court-based legal services and coordinated community response projects

PROFESSOR CLARE DALTON

• Senior Faculty Scholar, DVI
• Founder and former Executive Director of the Insitute
• Teaches Battered Women and the Law
• Teaches Family Law Litigation

PATRICIA VOORHIES

• Associate Director, DVI
• Associate Director, Clinics and Institutes
• Supervises all work-study students
• Handles all on-going administrative issues, delegates to Clinic Secretary, as appropriate

KAREEN BAR-AKIVA

• Clinical Teaching Fellow and Supervising Attorney, DVI
• Directs the DVI program at Boston Medical Center
• Co-teaches the Dorchester Court Clinic
• Liaison to domestic violence programs and coordinating councils established by local health care providers
• Supervisor for DVI Website Development