M. Teresa Schmiedeler is senior managing director of public service and externships at Maryland Carey Law. She directs the Public Interest Externship Workshop, advises students pursuing public service careers, and oversees the administration of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Public Interest Loan Repayment Program. Prior to her position at the law school, she worked as a public interest career counselor at a DC law school and also practiced law for seven years as a Legal Aid attorney in Connecticut and Missouri.  She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Delivery of Legal Services, and Maryland State Bar Association, Special Committee on Wellness, NALP Public Service Committee and serves as faculty advisor to the Maryland Public Interest Law Project (MPILP) law student-led not-for-profit organization.

• Public Interest Externship Workshop