Meet Our Staff

Sylvia Novinsky is the Assistant Dean for Public Service Programs. She joined the School of Law in 1996, serving as the Associate Director for Public Interest Law in Career Services, then as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs. She coordinates programming and services for students and alumni interested in pursuing careers in public interest law, as well as opportunities for pro bono service at the School of Law.

Dean Novinsky grew up in Queens, New York, and is from Argentina. She is a graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations and The American University's Washington College of Law. She practiced employment and immigration law before coming to the School of Law representing migrant farmworkers at Peninsula Legal Aid in Virginia and serving as Legal Director for the Center for Immigrants' Rights in New York, New York. She serves on the NC Bar Association's Public Service Advisory Committee and the Hispanic/Latino Lawyers Committee and served as past chair of the Association of American Law School, Student Services Executive Committee.

Maria came to Carolina's Career Service Office in January 2005. She counsels students and alumni on all aspects of job searching and career development. She is especially interested in working with students who plan to work in small and medium sized firms in North Carolina, students and alumni thinking about alternative careers, and working with those who are members of groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession.

Maria is a Carolina Law alum, and has practiced law in the Triangle area since graduating in 1982. She is a past president of the NC Association of Women Attorneys and has also worked at the Office of Career Services at Duke Law School and taught Legal Writing there. She is currently on the Board of Directors of NC LEAF, on the Board of the NC Gay Advocacy Legal Alliance (formerly known as NC Gay and Lesbian Attorneys), and is a member of the NC Bar Association's Minorities in the Profession Committee. She co-chaired that committee's Summer Associates Program in 2008-09. In addition to her law degree, Maria has a BA from the University of Virginia and an MA from Duke, both in English literature. She and her husband, Durham attorney Dan Read, have two children, one a recent grad of Chapel Hill, and one an undergraduate.

Lynn started with Career Services in November of 2006. She counsels students and alumni on all aspects of job searching and career development, with a particular interest in issues of diversity, positions as in-house counsel, and intellectual property law.

Lynn relocated to North Carolina from Chicago after an accomplished career at Sears, Roebuck and Co. where she managed the company's Intellectual Property Group. She also did a stint at EPA's regional office in Atlanta, was Of Counsel at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, and clerked on the Illinois Appellate Court. Lynn is a graduate of Oberlin College and Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member of the NC Bar Association's Minorities in the Profession Committee, has extensive mentoring experience with junior lawyers and has shown a special commitment to minority law students and lawyers.

Tammy began working with Career Services in February of 2009. Her work focuses on developing and expanding Carolina Law's relationships with legal employers across the country and identifying job opportunities for Carolina Law students. She also provides career counseling to students and alumni.
 
Tammy graduated from UNC in 1997 and Carolina Law in 2001. During her tenure at the law school, Tammy was a RRWA Teaching Assistant and a Research Assistant for both External Relations and Student Affairs. She was also involved with many student organizations, including the Student Bar Association (1L Representative, 2L Class President, SBA President) and the Pro Bono Program.
 
Upon her graduation from law school, Tammy worked in Atlanta, Georgia, first for a regional firm and later for a large national firm. Tammy's law practice focused on commercial litigation. During the last three years of her practice, Tammy also managed a pro bono habeas corpus appeal pending in the Middle District of Georgia. Continuing her interest in legal education, Tammy served as an adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School where she taught legal writing.

Holly, a 2001 graduate of UNC Law, started with Career Services in December of 2006. She counsels students and alumni on all aspects of job searching and career development, with a particular interest in students examining public interest and alternative careers. Holly also focuses on issues that affect women in the legal world, both as law students/attorneys and as clients.

Holly comes to us from the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, where she was Legal Affairs Counsel since 2003, and also served as Website/Membership Coordinator. While a law student at Carolina, Holly was an RA for two years to Professor Marion Crain and did extensive volunteer work (she was UNC Law's Pro Bono Student of the Year in 2001). She is currently Secretary of the NC Association of Women Attorneys for the 2008-09 year. In addition to her legal, organizational and personal skills, she has developed an unusually large network of lawyer contacts that will be very helpful to our students interested in smaller firms within NC. Holly is a 1997 graduate of Duke University.

Ms. Glenn-Pruitt is responsible for managing all aspects of the fall and spring on-campus interviewing programs and off-campus job fairs. She advises students with regard to these programs and other career search issues and provides career management system training sessions for students.

Kala has been at UNC Law for over twenty years, starting out in the Office of Admissions in 1985, then transferring to Career Services in May of 1986. She has an Associate's Degree in Audio Visual Technology from Alamance Community College. Kala served on the board of the Southeastern Minority Job Fair in 1998, 2003 and 2007 and was appointed Southeast Regional Coordinator for the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) in 2002. From  2007-2008, Kala served on the NALP Nominating Committee as the Southeastern Law School Representative.

Kim joined the Career Services Office staff in August 2006 as a part-time career counselor. She counsels students and alumni in all aspects of career development, and also focuses on federal and state government opportunities and fellowships.

Kim graduated from the law school in 1999 and spent four years as an associate at Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman in Raleigh. After moving to Virginia Beach, she did work with the Athletic Department and the University Counsel's office at Old Dominion University in Norfolk. She and her husband and two sons recently returned to Chapel Hill. Kim is a 1993 graduate of Duke University.