Ilene earned a JD from Cleveland State University Marshall School of Law and a Bachelor’s degree from Queens College in New York. She was a Clinical Law Professor at New England Law Boston for 31 years, teaching and mentoring law students in their in-house civil litigation clinic. Ilene has extensive experience in public interest law, family law, social security disability law, and health law. She has done a lot of volunteer work with her students at the Lawyer for the Day Program, the Court Services Center, VLP, Saheli Boston and mentored new attorneys through the Women’s Bar Foundation. Additionally, Ilene developed a course in Elder Law and taught an Elder Law Seminar at New England Law/Boston for over 20 years.