Elizabeth “Beth” Acevedo has been chosen as the new assistant dean of the Career Planning Center at Fordham Law School.
Her first day will be Aug. 5. Most recently, she was the assistant dean for the Center for Career Development at Rutgers Law School in Newark. There, she oversaw Rutgers Law’s career service initiatives.
“I am delighted to welcome Beth Acevedo to Fordham Law School,” said Dean Joseph Landau. “Her extensive experience in career planning, deep compassion for students, and unwavering enthusiasm for a vast range of legal careers means that our students will be in exceptionally good hands as they pursue their career goals at Fordham Law.”
At Fordham Law, she will oversee all operations of the Career Planning Center including student counseling services and employer outreach. She also will oversee a department of 11 administrators and career counselors. Center staff begin meeting with law students during the fall of their 1L years and guide them through meaningful job searches, their development as professionals, and career-related choices, in addition to helping them secure summer employment during law school.
Acevedo was chosen after a nationwide search led by Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Pamela Bookman.
At Rutgers, Acevedo served on the Chancellor’s Career Leadership Team, the Alumnae Network Executive Committee, and the Minority Student Program faculty committee. Prior to joining Rutgers Law, Acevedo was the deputy chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau at the Office of the Bronx District Attorney, where she supervised a team of trial attorneys, oversaw all aspects of case management from investigations to hearings and trials, and played a critical role in the recruitment of assistant district attorneys.
Acevedo is a graduate of the American University, Washington College of Law. She has served as an adjunct professor teaching a course on domestic violence law theory and practice. Acevedo lives in New Jersey with her husband, a Fordham Law graduate, and their two sons.