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Tel: 610.563.8351
Fax: 610.896.3760
Email: seckstei@law.upenn.edu
Expertise
Bio
Sharon B. Eckstein teaches and supervises students enrolled in the Mediation Clinic. Prior to her position at Penn Law, she taught and supervised students in the Temple University Beasley School of Law's Custody Mediation Clinic. Sharon has worked in the field of mediation for more than ten years, focusing primarily in custody, divorce, employment and community disputes. She has served as a mediator in both the Philadelphia and Chester County Family Court systems as well as the private sector and is a practioner member of the Association of Conflict Resolution.
Ms. Eckstein came to mediation following years of practice as an adoption and family law attorney. Sharon was involved in assisting gay and lesbian parents to secure the right to adopt in Philadelphia and Bucks County, having represented the first couples to succesfully adopt children in those counties. She also has served as an instructor in adoption law practice for Philadelphia area attorneys A former chair of both the Adoption Committee and the Divorce Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Sharon began her career in the public interest bar as a staff attorney at Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program and the Philadelphia Child Support Project.
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Education
- J.D. - University of Pennsylvania - '86
- B.A. - Queens College, City University of New York - '83
Courses Taught
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