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Christine Fritton

Associate Director for Clerkships

cfritton@law.upenn.edu

Chris joined OCS in 2006. She oversees judicial clerkships and counsels students and alumni interested in academic careers. She obtained her BA, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and her JD, magna cum laude, from Temple University School of Law. She clerked for the Honorable Joseph L. McGlynn, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She practiced at the Philadelphia law firms Dechert, Price & Rhoades and Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, as a litigator in both commercial and personal injury cases. She has extensive experience from pre-trial through post-trial practice.