Ms. Jessica Kitson

Jessica Kitson is a managing attorney at Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in Newark, N.J., where she over- sees the organization's bankruptcy and consumer debt defense clinics. Prior to joining VLJ, she served as director of the Eric R. Neisser Public Interest Program and was an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Newark, where she oversaw all public interest and pro bono programming, including the creation of the Honorable Morris Stern Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project. She also worked at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP as public interest counsel. Ms. Kitson is a member of the New Jersey State Bar As- sociation's Consumer Protection Committee and Bankruptcy Law Section, the New Jersey State Bar As- sociation Pro Bono Committee and the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts. She received her B.A. from Rutgers University and her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law-Newark.