Janice D. Villiers, Associate Professor of Law, teaches Torts I
and II, Immigration Law and Immigration Seminar and serves as
faculty advisor to the Black Law Students Association. She
also serves on the Admissions and Diversity Committees of the law
schooland the Advisory Board of the Ronald H. Brown Center for
Civil Rights and Economic Development at the law school. She joined
the faculty in 1991.
She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Pace University’s School of
Arts and Sciences, a Master’s degree in Counselor Education from
New York University’s School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts
Professions, and a J.D. degree from Columbia University’s School of
Law. At Columbia she was Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and
the Arts and was a Schubert Scholar. She is a member of the New
York State Bar and the Bars of the Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York. She publishes in the areas of Immigration and Tort
Law.
In 1997, Professor Villiers launched the University's Community
Business Development Program. The Office of Community Business
Development is committed to assisting minority, women, small,
disadvantaged and local business enterprises in their long-term
growth and development, thereby enhancing the economic stability
and vitality of the community the University serves through its
student body. In 1999 Professor Villiers received the Founder's
Week Award at St. John's for her commitment to the Vincentian
mission. She returned to the full time faculty in Fall 2002.
Within the University, she has held positions as Assistant Vice
President for Community Business Development, Director of Human
Resources, Director of Recruitment and Admission Services and
Director of Placement at the School of Law. She currently serves on
the President’s Multicultural Advisory Committee, the Committee on
Latin American and Caribbean Scholars and the Graduate Council of
the University.
Professor Villiers is a member of the American Immigration
Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Immigration Law
Division, and Tort and Minority Affairs Division of the Association
of American Law Schools. She also served on the Queens Advisory
Board of the New York Urban League and as Chair of the Education
Committee. Her commitment to community service was recognized by
receipt of the Flushing Branch NAACP's Eleanor Pittman Community
Relations Award in November 2001.
In addition, Professor Villiers is an active member at St.
Clement’s Episcopal Church in Belford, New Jersey where she serves
as a Eucharistic Lay Minister and Mission Board member. She has
also served on the Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island, the Canons and Commission on Ministries Committees of
the Diocese and is an adult facilitator for youth training with the
Office of Black and Urban Ministries of the National Episcopal
Church.