Staff Directory

Radnovic, Melanija
Assistant Director of International Career Programs

Stephanie K. Crosse

Stephanie Crosse is Manager of Employer Relations in the Office of Career & Professional Development. Stephanie serves as a liaison to legal employers and coordinates school sponsored recruitment initiatives. Stephanie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin (1995) and her Juris Doctor from The University of Dayton School of Law (1999). Upon graduation from law school, Stephanie practiced law for eleven years in the private sector. Stephanie worked as a solo practitioner, a litigation associate in a mid-sized law firm, and as in-house counsel for a Fortune 200 insurance company.

Kira I. Epstein

Kira I. Epstein is the Judicial Clerkship Coordinator in the Office of Career and Professional Development. She specializes in counseling and programming related to judicial clerkships and judicial internships and externships. Kira received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and her B.A. in History from The University of Chicago. After law school, she clerked for two years for the Honorable Gerald I. Fisher of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, before practicing administrative litigation in New York City.

Dewayne T. Henry

Dewayne T Henry is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Office of Career and Professional Development at WCL.  He attended Prairie View A&M and studied Chemical Engineering.  In addition to his studies, Dewayne spent nine years in the United States Amy National Guard where he was activated to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Balad, Iraq), as well as New Orleans to assist in Hurricane Katrina Relief.

Traci Mundy Jenkins

Traci Mundy Jenkins is the Assistant Dean for the Office of Career & Professional Development at American University Washington College of Law. In addition to managing the staff and all educational and recruitment programs sponsored by the office, she conducts private and public sector employer outreach and counsels JD and LLM students in all areas of their career development. Prior to joining the law school, Traci was the Managing Partner of a Washington, DC area legal placement and consulting company where she specialized in attorney recruitment and counseling, and offered diversity consulting services to law firms and corporate legal departments. She also served as the Director of Placement for a national attorney placement company.

Traci began her legal career at Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP (now Venable LLP) where she developed an employment and commercial litigation practice during her seven years with the firm. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, and she received a BA in Economics from Wellesley College. Traci is active in a number of professional and community organizations, including current service on the NALP Board of Directors and former positions as president and board member of the Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association. She is a frequent speaker on legal recruiting issues.

Kristen Aiken Meeks

Kristen Aiken Meeks is a Career Counselor in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She counsels students interested in obtaining positions in both the private and public sectors, and specializes in advising students interested in pursuing careers in small and medium firms. Kristen received her B.A. from Spelman College and her J.D. from the University of North Carolina. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Zoe A. Bush of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, before practicing as an Assistant Attorney General in the Child Protection Section of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.

Eliza Park Musallam

Eliza Park Musallam is a Career Counselor and the Diversity Liaison in the Office of Career & Professional Development. In addition to counseling students interested in pursuing careers in the private sector, Eliza also serves as the liaison between employers with diversity outreach initiatives, the Office of Diversity Services, and students at the Washington College of Law. Eliza received both her JD (2001) and her BA (1998) with a double major in Political Science and International Studies from Case Western Reserve University. She joined the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP after law school where she defended Fortune 500 companies in asbestos and toxic tort litigation. Just prior to joining the OCPD, she worked as a Judicial Staff Attorney for the Honorable Eileen T. Gallagher of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, in Cleveland, Ohio. She serves as the 2012 President of the Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association (WALRAA) and was the co-chair for the Diversity Committee in 2010.

Michelle Norris

Michelle Norris is the Resources Coordinator in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She provides students with career resource access and serves as a liaison to the Office of Technology and the Office of Finance at the Washington College of Law. Michelle attended American University, and has since worked in nonprofit publishing, technology support, and executive recruitment in Washington, DC.

Matthew L. Pascocello

Matthew L. Pascocello is the Director of Career Development and Alumni Counseling. He specializes in counseling alumni as well as directing OCPD's marketing efforts. Matthew also serves as an Adjunct Professor at both AU and WCL. He received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Boston University and his J.D. from Georgetown; he also completed coursework at the London School of Economics and the National University of Singapore. Matthew has worked as a corporate and international trade attorney in Manhattan and served as in-house legal counsel and Manager of Legal Information Systems for a Parisian-based, multinational assistance services company.

Melanija Radnovic

Melanija Radnovic is the Assistant Director for International Career Programs in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She specializes in advising foreign ILSP students and alumni on issues unique to foreign lawyers entering the job market in the United States. Through workshops and individual sessions, Melanija counsels foreign lawyers in all areas of career development, including developing strategies to secure jobs and internships in the United States during and after their Optional Practical Training (OPT). Melanija is also an Adjunct Professor and teaches the International Visiting Scholars Seminar at WCL.