Faculty/Staff Bios

LOIS H. KANTER, Clinical Professor

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

KATHERINE E. SCHULTE, Supervising Attorney

• Co-Director and faculty member for the Dorchester Court Clinic
• Founder and co-instructor of the Family Law Clinic
• Supervising attorney for the DVI at BMC program
• Principal architect for DVI's web-based resource The Help Site
• DVI Liaison to legal services collaborations

CLARE DALTON, Professor (Ret.)

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

PATRICIA VOORHIES

• Managing Director of Clinical and Experiential Education
• Handles on-going administrative issues, including budgeting and hiring

SUSAN VERITY

• Secretary for the Clinics and Institutes, including DVI
• Coordinates registration for clinics, programs and conferences