Dina Billian, Assistant Dean for Career Development
Dina most recently served as the deputy director of career development at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where she counseled students on job search strategies, interview preparation and networking, managed the recruitment initiatives, and crafted innovative professional development programming. Throughout her 30 years of connection to the Maryland legal community, Dina has worked on recruitment, professional development, diversity, and pro bono initiatives at Miles & Stockbridge, PC, and as a member of the recruitment team at Saul Ewing LLP (now Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP.)
In addition to work in the private and education sectors, Dina has experience as a placement director in a legal staffing agency and worked for a brief time on the admissions committee of Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. After receiving her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1993, Dina maintained a solo practice and worked for a boutique law firm on litigation and transactional matters. Dina obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is a proud graduate of City College High School in Baltimore.
Katheryn Anderson, Director of Professional Development and Career Success
Kate received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2013. She began her legal career as an Open Society Institute-Baltimore Community Fellow with Disability Rights Maryland (DRM), where she worked to address systemic issues in state-funded public transportation that affected accessibility for thousands of low-income people with disabilities, which ultimately lead to the filing of a class action lawsuit. Following her fellowship, Kate joined DRM as a Staff Attorney with a focus on community inclusion for people with disabilities. Prior to attending law school, Kate earned her B.A. in Communication from the University of Delaware and worked in events and communications at the British Council, a non-profit serving as the cultural department of the British Embassy in Washington D.C. Kate was recently named a 2019-20 Fellow of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland's Professional Skills Academy.
Alyson Todd, Associate Director
Alyson is a former commercial litigation associate with a large firm and a boutique trial firm and practiced in the areas of product liability, antitrust, employment and insurance coverage law. Alyson then worked as a legal search consultant for law firms and corporations in the Washington, D.C., metro region. In this role she acquired a broad understanding of the variety of legal specialties, as well as expert knowledge about the hiring practices of employers in the region, including large and boutique law firms, corporate law departments and federal agencies, and assisted hundreds of attorneys with their job search.