WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., February 22, 2005 – Maja D. Hazell, a senior associate at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett in New York City, has been named the new Assistant Dean for Career Development at Pace Law School, effective February 28, 2005.

Among her duties will be career counseling of students and alumni and fostering links to employers and legal communities across the country to expand career opportunities for students and alumni. 

“Maja combines deep knowledge of the law firm world with drive, intelligence, and real warmth,” said Dean Stephen J. Friedman. “She is a wonderful addition to Pace Law School.”

At Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, Hazell practiced in the labor and employment litigation and executive compensation and benefits groups. She worked extensively with partners serving on the recruiting and diversity committees and with the firm’s Recruiting Department to improve recruitment and retention of associates and interviewed hundreds of law students for recruitment to the firm.

Before that she clerked with the firm of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP in their Washington, D.C., office, the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., and the New Haven, Connecticut Legal Assistance Association. She has worked on numerous pro bono matters in the areas of labor, employment discrimination, employee benefits, housing and family law.

Hazell received her BA in English from Yale University and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center. She developed and implemented numerous student programs involving academic and career guidance at both Yale and Georgetown, in conjunction with the Dean’s Office and Admissions Office of both institutions and the Office of Career Services at Georgetown. She is a member of the bar of the states of New York and New Jersey, the federal courts of the southern and eastern districts of New York, and the district court of New Jersey, and argued as a law student before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. She also is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the National Association of Law Placement.

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, N.Y., twenty miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the J.D. program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LLM and SJD degrees in Environmental Law and an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice, and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, N.Y., and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu