Maria Diana Ramos-Chertok, Esq.

Education

University of Pennsylvania School of Law

Juris Doctor, 1987.  Recipient Fordham Human Rights Award
Active Member of the CA Bar

University of California Berkeley

Independent Major, Criminal Justice Degree, 1984

Professional Work Experience

Consultant

Consulting Office of Maria Ramos-Chertok Esq., 1995 - present.   Conduct workshops, training and consulting in the areas of communication, conflict resolution, sexual harassment, coaching, supervision, and team building.  Provide organizational assessments, develop curriculum, facilitate retreats and provide management coaching.

Mediator

Mediation Office of Maria D Ramos-Chertok, Esq., 1997 - present.   Provide mediation services using a transformative model to assist parties in resolving conflicts.   Areas of emphasis include, employment, education, and nonprofit issues.

Clinical Director

Small Claims Clinic, New College School of Law, 1995 - 1998.   Devised successful outreach strategy to develop community legal education clinic for monolingual communities; provided informational clinics in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese through collaborative relationships with several community based nonprofits.   Wrote curriculum for academic component of the clinic; trained students in substantive and procedural aspects of the law, client counseling and interviewing.

Professor of Law

New College School of Law, 1991 - 1997.   Implemented diversity training for law school faculty and student body.   Taught courses in Legal Ethics, Substantive Criminal Law, Domestic Relations, Domestic Violence and Mediation.

Intern Program Coordinator/Victim Advocate

Family Violence Project, 1990 - 1992.   Supervised graduate students to work as advocates for victims of domestic abuse.   Provided crisis counseling, accompanied clients to court, advocated for clients, prepared stay away orders, monitored felony cases from arrest to disposition.  Developed training program for graduate students, supervised graduate students and recruited interns.  Trained three new classes of police officers at San Francisco Police Academy on domestic violence.