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Alumni and Friends

Notable Alumni | Alan Rom Focuses on Employment Law, Civil Rights, with a Nod to Shakespeare

Notable Alumni Award

Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni Awards honor alumni for broad career accomplishments, commitment to community service, and valuable contributions to Ƶ and the College of Arts & Sciences.

Alan Jay Rom ’67 Economics 

Alan Jay Rom is a lawyer focusing on employment law and civil rights, has taught at several law schools, and served in the Peace Corps.

“In 2011, Attorney Alan Jay Rom established his private practice, Rom Law P.C., focusing on employment law. He served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division from 2008 to 2011. From 2007 to May 2008 he was the Litigation Director of Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts, and from 2002 through 2006 was the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc., in Boston, according to .

“Prior to joining Massachusetts Appleseed in August 2002, he concentrated on employment law matters, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, its Massachusetts equivalent, and employment discrimination at the Law Office of Sherwin L. Kantrovitz, PC, for seven years. From 1977 to 1995 he was staff counsel to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association, where he focused on employment discrimination, voting rights, and education law. From 1972 to 1977 he represented migrant farm workers in two legal services programs.

Rom taught at Northeastern University School of Law and Tufts University and has authored several law-related articles and lectured at various law schools. “He served as an economic advisor for a rural savings and loan cooperative in Bolivia while in the Peace Corps from 1969-1971. He is a member of the Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Ohio Bars and is admitted to the Bars of the Supreme Court, First and Second Courts of Appeal, and the United States District Courts for the Districts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey,” says his law firm bio.

Alan Rom standing with Vernon Alden
Vernon Alden, OHIO’s 15th president, with Alan Rom

Rom earned a B.A. in Economics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ƶ. In 1972, he graduated from Cleveland State University School of Law.

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Alan Rom standing with a blow-up Rufus the Bobcat
Rom at Lobsterfests, sponsored by OHIO, at Rockport, MA

OHIO Memories

During his time at OHIO, Rom recalls a distinct and fond memory of reading Shake