Kathryn Frey-Balter was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland from 1992 until 2018 where she represented indigent individuals charged with federal crimes in U.S. District Court. In 2020, she joined the law school as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Lawyering Program. She has since served the Lawyering Program in a host of roles including Managing Director, Professor of the Practice, and Interim Director. She is now the program Director.
She taught Written and Oral Advocacy at Maryland Carey Law from 2004 until spring 2020 as an adjunct professor. Professor Frey-Balter was an Assistant Professor in the Law and Justice Department of Stevenson University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2018 until 2020. She also taught Trial Practice at Catholic University School of Law from 1998 until 2012.
She has received a number of teaching awards including 2005 Adjunct Faculty of the Year, 2023 Black Law Students Association, Professor of the Year, and a 2023 AALS Teacher of the Year for Maryland Carey Law.