Professor of the Practice; Director, Academic Success
Baffy joined the faculty in 2021 after eight years at Georgetown Law, where she was faculty director of the two-year LL.M. program. In this role, she developed a Legal English curriculum that supports international students’ acquisition of essential skills for legal academia. She also taught the flagship course in the two-year LL.M. program, for which she received the Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award. Prior to her legal teaching career, Baffy taught linguistics and English as a Second Language for nine years in the United States and Hungary.
Her scholarly interests lie at the intersection of law and linguistics. Her research focuses on the discourse processes underlying law students’ socialization to law school and the legal profession, as well as discourse analysis of interactions in the courtroom and congressional hearings.
Baffy is a member of the Massachusetts bar.
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About Marta Baffy
Baffy joined the faculty in 2021 after eight years at Georgetown Law, where she was faculty director of the two-year LL.M. program. In this role, she developed a Legal English curriculum that supports international students’ acquisition of essential skills for legal academia. She also taught the flagship course in the two-year LL.M. program, for which she received the Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award. Prior to her legal teaching career, Baffy taught linguistics and English as a Second Language for nine years in the United States and Hungary.
Her scholarly interests lie at the intersection of law and linguistics. Her research focuses on the discourse processes underlying law students’ socialization to law school and the legal profession, as well as discourse analysis of interactions in the courtroom and congressional hearings.
Baffy is a member of the Massachusetts bar.
| Present | Professor of the Practice; Director, Academic Success, University of Baltimore School of Law ‐ School of Law | |
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Research Interests
| B.A., summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
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| M.A., Teachers College at Columbia University | ||
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| J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | ||
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| Ph.D., Georgetown University | ||
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Contact Information
410.837.6370
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 513
Administrative Assistant:
410.837.4479
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 707
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