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Rebecca Scalio

Adjunct Professor of Law

Adjunct

School of Law

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Rebecca L. Scalio is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Dayton School of Law, where she created and teaches the Appellate Practice & Procedure course in the Hybrid JD Program. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Delaware Law School – Widener University in Wilmington, Delaware, where she teaches (or has taught): Legal Methods I, Legal Methods II, Legal Methods III – Advanced Appellate Advocacy; Professional Responsibility; Bar Success (grader & co-teacher); and Sales & Leases. Additionally, Rebecca serves as the Co-Advisor of the Moot Court Honor Society, and she coaches or co-coaches one or two interscholastic teams each year. Rebecca began her teaching career at Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, first as an Adjunct Professor and then as an Honorable Abraham L. Freedman Fellow & Lecturer in Law.

Prior to embarking on her teaching career, Rebecca was in private practice in Wilmington, Delaware where she worked for the law firms of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. and Potter Anderson & Corroon L.L.P. While with Richards, Rebecca was a member of the bankruptcy group where she represented debtors and creditors in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. While with Potter, Rebecca was a member of the corporate litigation group where she represented various corporations and shareholders in both litigation and transactional matters.

Rebecca earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Delaware, graduating magna cum laude. She earned her law degree from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, where she served first as a Staff Member and then as an Executive Editor of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. During her third year of law school, Rebecca was selected for the Federal Judicial Clerkship Clinic, and she worked in the chambers of The Honorable Stephen M. Orlofsky (now retired) of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Rebecca resides in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She is a board member of Innocence Delaware, which works to release innocent incarcerated individuals from Delaware prisons, provide post-exoneration support, and helps to educate the public about criminal justice reform. In her free time, Rebecca enjoys traveling, hiking, kick boxing, and reading.