www.law.uga.edu

Rosemary M. Bowen

Legal Research & Writing Instructor

B.A., Williams College
M.A., Princeton University
J.D., New York University

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Courses

Legal Research & Writing

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Biographical Information

Rosemary Myers Bowen joined the University of Georgia School of Law in 1991 as a staff attorney and clinical instructor in the Legal Aid and Defender Clinic. She became a legal research and writing instructor in 1997.

Prior to her legal aid service, Bowen worked as an attorney in the New York City Law Department. There, she handled mainly employment law and civil rights cases as well as several major class actions involving homelessness, AIDS, disability rights and prison conditions. She also worked on real estate, zoning and environmental litigation involving the city. Prior to her government practice, Bowen was an associate with the Wall Street firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel.  From 1985 to 1987, she served as a law clerk to federal district Judge Constance Baker Motley of the Southern District of New York.

Bowen attended New York University School of Law where she was a staff member and a senior editor of the New York University Law Review.  She earned her undergraduate degree in French and history of ideas from Williams College, and a master's degree in comparative literature from Princeton University. Prior to practicing law, Hathaway's most challenging jobs included teaching undergraduates, waitressing at the New York Hilton, working as an editorial assistant at a Madison Avenue book publisher, and managing research and reference for I.A.D.S., a third-world agricultural aid program.

She regularly does pro bono work with the staff and clients of the Athens office of Catholic Charities, a key local service provider for the area's Latino population. Bowen has also worked extensively with the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, the Athens Justice Project, the Athens Area Residential Property Association and other local nonprofit groups. She sings with the Athens Master Chorale and is a member of the choir at First Presbyterian Church. In her spare time, she likes to shop at Lowe's, watch glass blowing demonstrations, garden and study foreign languages.

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