About

Lynda L. Hinkle

Lynda L. Hinkle has a background as an academic, an educator, and an activist. Her legal experiences include clerking at the Division of Law – DYFS, participating in the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic at Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, representing children in getting SSI determinations, representing and advocating for victims of domestic violence, and mediating in municipal and superior court. Now she puts all the talents developed in these areas into representing you!

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Bar Admission

New Jersey

Education

Juris Doctorate, Rutgers University School of Law – Camden.
Masters in English, Rutgers University – Camden
Masters in Teaching, Rowan University
Bachelors in English, Rowan University

Memberships

New Jersey State Bar Association
Camden County Bar Association
Burlington County Bar Association

Honors

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New Jersey Chapter Family Law Award, 2009
Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award Honoree, 2008
Association for Public Interest Law Summer Grant Award, 2008

Publications and Presentations

Tithing to the Vortex: The Secrecy of Financial Records in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion. Vol.10, Fall 2008. Available at: http://org.law.rutgers.edu/publications/law-religion/new_devs/ND10-1TithingShort.pdf

Family First: The Policy Considerations of Privileging Adoption over Kinship Care in the United States and the United Kingdom. Presented at Securing Economic and Social Human Rights Conference at Rutgers School of Law Camden on April 17, 2009.

“Between the Idea and the Reality Falls the Shadow: White Teachers, Minority Students.” The New Jersey English Journal. Ed. NJCTE. 2005.

“Dethroning Bullying” in Academic Exchange Extra, May 2005.

“Between the Idea and the Reality Falls the Shadow: White Teachers, Minority Students,” February 2005. Stony Brook University English Department Graduate Conference. New York City, NY.

“Between the Myth and the Reality Falls the Shadow: White Teachers, Minority Students”, breakout session for New Jersey Council of Teachers of English STARS Annual Conference. Lakewood, NJ, February 2005.

An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Alternative Approaches to Treatment of Bullying Behaviours at the Middle/High School Level in a Southern New Jersey School District. (Graduate Thesis, Rowan University 2003).

Blog: In the Best Interest Child Advocacy Blog: http://inthebestinterest.blogspot.com