Dean Richman received her B.A. in philosophy from Lehigh University, M.A. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her J.D. summa cum laude from Temple University School of Law. Prior to joining Rutgers, she was an associate in the asset-backed financing group of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, PC in New York. Before that, she worked as an associate for Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP in both Philadelphia and New York. She was also the law clerk to the late Hon. Robert S. Gawthrop III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.