She received her J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law – Camden and her B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Villanova legal writing faculty, Professor Baum was an associate in the litigation department at Fox Rothschild LLP and an associate in the financial services department at Blank Rome LLP. Her scholarly interests include character development and assessment, transfer of learning theory, and food law and policy. Professor Baum has presented at many regional and national legal writing conferences. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Second Draft, the magazine of the Legal Writing Institute.