Patricia Siemen, O.P.

Director, Center for Earth Jurisprudence
B.A., Siena Heights University
M.P.A., University of Texas, Austin
M.A., Holy Names College
J.D., Northeastern University
psiemen@barry.edu

Patricia Siemen is a Dominican Sister from Adrian, Michigan, and an attorney.  She currently serves as the director of the Center for Earth Jurisprudence, Barry University School of Law.

Previous positions Sister Pat has held include director of the Earth Ethics Institute at Miami Dade College, engaging students and staff in programs and workshops in Earth Literacy; staff attorney for the Voting Section of the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; and legal services attorney for migrant farm workers in South Florida.  Sister Pat has also served in community organizing with the African-American community in rural Tennessee, in parish ministry with the Latino community and elementary education.  She served on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Congregational leadership team from 1988-98.

Sister Pat holds a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law, Boston; a Master in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin; and a Master in Culture and Spirituality from Holy Names University, Oakland, California.  Her B.A. is in History and Political Science from Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan.  She is a member of the Michigan and Florida Bar.

Jane M. Goddard, Esq.

Manager, Programs and Growth
B.A., English (World Literature), University of South Florida
B.A., International Studies, University of South Florida
M.L.S., Rollins College
J.D., Barry University School of Law
jgoddard@mail.barry.edu

After 20 years as a civil litigation paralegal, Jane returned to the academic world to earn her Master of Liberal Studies degree at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, and her law degree at Barry University School of Law, Orlando, Florida. While at Barry, she received the highest grade in seven classes and graduated as the valedictorian in May, 2008. Jane also served as the lead articles editor of the Barry Law Review, and her article, “Building the Cathedral: Sculpting a Part-Time Legal Education in a Double-Time World,” was chosen for publication in 2007. She was appointed as the co-chair of the Service Committee for the Women Lawyers Association and was named WLA’s Graduate of the Year for 2007-08. Jane has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2008.

Jane is particularly interested in the archetypal relationships between human society and the natural world, and the use of interdisciplinary materials to supplement traditional legal learning methods. Her article, “The Persistent Pagan:  The Green Man and the Green Knight,” was published in the Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies in 2001.

With CEJ, Jane concentrates on education and outreach to lawyers and policymakers in the Central Florida community. She is primarily responsible for CEJ events and for CEJ’s written materials, including website content, the Groundswell newsletter, and the Voices of Earth Jurisprudence teaching monograph series. Jane has spoken on Earth jurisprudence concepts to various law school classes and to the Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers.