Our Staff
Robert Barton
Judicial Clerkships & Project Manager
Rob is responsible for coordinating and managing the judicial clerkships application process at Duke Law. He is originally from Salt Lake City, where he graduated from the University of Utah. Prior to joining Duke Law, he spent two years working in Kenya as U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, where he managed a food distribution network for AIDS patients. Rob enjoys reading, mountain biking, snowboarding and most outdoor activities.
Stella Boswell
Senior Career Counselor and Public Interest Advisor
Stella works with students and alumni. Having received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, Stella earned her law degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. After law school, Stella was in a litigation practice in Durham. She then served as the Legal Affairs Counsel for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers where she ran the amicus curiae program and worked as a lobbyist. She is a long-time board member and Past President of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.
Kelly Briggs
Financial & Information Specialist
Kelly is responsible for maintaining Career Center financial records. In addition, she tracks various information critical to the Career Center's success. She also assists Camesha McAllister with various Duke Law School recruiting programs, such as Spring and Fall OCI. Kelly attended Vanderbilt University and William Smith College. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics. She moved here from Upstate New York with her husband and son in 2006.
Alan Dickinson
Director of J.D. Advising & Professional Development
A graduate of Wake Forest University and Duke University School of Law, Alan began his legal career serving as a law clerk to The Honorable Susan Harrell-Black on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Following his clerkship, Alan joined the litigation department of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. in Charlotte, North Carolina, focusing primarily on business and labor disputes, and later associated with Comerford & Britt, LLP, one of the region's preeminent plaintiff's firms. Immediately prior to returning to Duke, Alan served as in-house counsel to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, currently the 94th largest school district in the nation.
Bruce A. Elvin
Associate Dean and Director
A graduate of Stanford University and Duke Law School, Bruce worked for the two years following graduation at the University of Munich, Germany where he also earned a Magister (Masters) in German Law. Upon returning to the United States, he practiced law for two major international firms in New York, Baker & McKenzie and later White & Case. Subsequently, he took on business roles at two high-tech firms. Immediately prior to coming to Duke, Bruce did consulting and recruiting for large law firms and corporate legal departments with Heidrick & Struggles in New York City. While working in New York, Bruce created and taught a course certified by the State for CLE credit on “The Business of Law and Developing Relationships” for law firm associates. Bruce currently co-teaches the “Business & Economics of Law Firm Practice” for 2Ls and 3Ls in the law school.
Chun Hu
Director of Special International Projects and Career Counselor for International Opportunities
Chun received her first law degree from Wuhan University School of Law in China and her two LLM degrees from University of Virginia and NYU, where she specialized in corporate law. She subsequently worked in the Beijing and Hong Kong offices of two international law firms. Before joining Duke Law, Chun worked for four years as an in-house counsel for MassMutual Financial Group. She is fluent in Chinese and English.
Camesha S. McAllister Jones
Director of Recruiting in the Career & Professional Development Center
Camesha is responsible for coordinating and overseeing all of Duke Law School’s recruiting programs, including fall and spring on-campus interviews. Camesha graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 2004. She received her B.A. in English from North Carolina Central University, where she graduated summa cum laude. Prior to law school, Camesha taught seventh grade at Leland Middle School in Leland, North Carolina.
Maggie Pishko
Career Center Manager
The most recent addition to the career center team, Maggie graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Psychology and a certificate in Markets and Management Studies. Here, she helps all of the counselors with many different projects around the office.
