Dean Magliozzi is a bold thought leader and member of the law school’s senior leadership team. Skilled at designing curriculum for future lawyers, Sandee believes in the development of lawyer competencies by helping students leverage their experiential learning opportunities to gain the agility and critical skills they need in bridging the gap to the rapidly changing legal industry. Through innovation and collaboration, Sandee sees how to synergize disparate ideas into a vision promising enough for everyone to sign on. She was a primary drafter of SCU Law’s Competency Model. She chairs the law school Assessment Committee, in addition to the Clinical Hiring, Retention and Promotion Committees. She previously served as a member of the Curriculum Committee and as a member of the Faculty Advisory Board for Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Sandee works with faculty to collaborate on developing “next practices,” strategic curricular initiatives and innovative programs related to experiential learning with a focus on emerging trends. These include: the development, design, and approval of Santa Clara Law’s required first-year Critical Lawyering Skills seminar; the In-house Counsel Institute; the collaborative Bay Area Legal Incubator with the Alameda County Bar; the online Masters of Legal Studies for non-JD students in corporate compliance; and the recently launched hybrid Flex JD program.
Sandee’s considered a pioneer in attorney professional development. She brings over twenty-five years of experience assessing, designing and teaching critical lawyering skills. Sandee worked with numerous subject matter and industry experts in the development of curricula and competency models for both attorney professional development and legal education. Before joining the Law School, she was a former national Senior Manager of Attorney Training and Development at AmLaw100 firms.
Sandee served on the National Association for Legal Professionals Board of Directors and is often asked to write and speak on attorney professional development issues. She is a contributing author to Innovating Talent Management in Law Firms (NALP, 2016) and The Art and Science of Strategic Talent Management in Law Firms (West, September 2010)
Sandee is a former Drinan Fellow in the Economic Crime Unit of United States Attorney's Office. She is admitted to practice in California.
J.D., Suffolk University School of Law
Certificate Professional Screenwriting, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
B.S., magna cum laude, Northeastern University
Innovative Program Development and Implementation, Experiential Learning, Lawyer Competencies and Benchmark Experiences, Attorney Professional Development and Talent Management
Board of Directors NALP – The National Association for Legal Career Professionals (2011-2013)
Drinan Fellow in the United States Attorney's Office (1990 - 1991)
Chapters
Can Competencies Drive Change in the Legal Profession? with Terri Mottershead in Innovating Talent Management in Law Firms. Terri Mottershead, General Editor. National Association for Law Placement (2016) Chapter 5. | Link to Library Catalog
Innovation in Legal Education Through Collaboration Between Law Schools and Law Firms with Michele Bendekovic in Innovating Talent Management in Law Firms. Terri Mottershead, General Editor. NALP (2016) Chapter 14. | Link to Library Catalog
Bridging the Gap: From Law School to Law Firm in The Art and Science of Strategic Talent Management in Law Firms. Mottershead, editor. West (2010)
Articles
Can Competencies Drive Changes in the Legal Profession?, 11 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 51-86 (Fall 2013) | Link to Digital Commons
Criminal Law--International Jurisdiction--Federal Child Pornography Statute Applies to Extraterritorial Acts, United States v. Thomas, 893 F.2d 1066 (9th Cir. 1990), 14 Suffolk Transnational Law Journal 605-614 (1991) | Link to Digital Commons
Aliens--Immigration and Nationality Act--Foreign Logging Vessels' Crane Operators Are Not Alien Crewmen Entitled to Enter the United States Without Work Visas International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union v. Meese, 833 F.2d 1443 (9th Cir. 1989), 14 Suffolk Transnational Law Journal 221-230 (1990) | Link to Digital Commons
Other Articles
How Moving from “Best” to “Next” Practices Can Fuel Innovation, November 2015 PD Quarterly 26-29 (2015) | Link to Digital Commons
Developing Our Students: A Competency Model Approach, 20 Santa Clara Law: The Magazine of Santa Clara University School of Law 8-11 (Spring 2014)
A Leader in Practice-Ready Graduates, 19 Santa Clara Law Magazine (Fall/Winter 2012) | Link to Full Text
Leveraging Externship Opportunities to Provide Benchmark Experiences and Skills for Practice, with Beneville, 23 NALP Bulletin___ (March 2011) | Link to Digital Commons
Ensuring Presentations by Practicing Lawyers Engage Students, with Beneville, 22 NALP Bulletin___ (January 2010) | Link to Digital Commons
Leadership Skills Development Is Lawyer Skills Development, with Beneville, 21 NALP Bulletin___ (November 2009) | Link to Digital Commons
How Will You Thrive in an Uncertain Economy?, with Beneville, ___The Complete Lawyer ___(May 2009) (online exclusive) | Link to Digital Commons
Use Coaching To Develop Your Lawyers’ Skills And Expand Your Firm’s Potential, with Beneville, ___The Complete Lawyer___ (March 2009) (online exclusive) | Link to Digital Commons
Professional Development: Your Key to Success and Satisfaction, with Beneville, ___The Complete Lawyer___ (November 2008) (online exclusive) | Link to Digital Commons