Professor Mara Mooney

Professor of Legal Studies

Office: Clayton Hall T-109B
Social Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
maramooney@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4642

Biography

Mara A. Mooney, J.D., is a Professor of Legal Studies in Clayton State’s College of Arts & Sciences, where her teaching focuses on law and ethics; contracts and torts; real property law; legal research and writing; American government; courts; and legal issues in homeland security and emergency management. Prior to joining the faculty at Clayton State, she practiced commercial real estate law with Alston & Bird, LLP, in Atlanta, and federal administrative law in Washington, D.C. She was also a law clerk for the Honorable Dorothy T. Beasley in the Georgia Court of Appeals, and an intern at the U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of Georgia. In law school, Ms. Mooney was a notes and comments editor of law review and a Dean’s Fellow.

Education

JD, Juris Doctor, Emory University School of Law, 1995

Intellectual Contributions

Mara A Mooney, Antoinette S. France-Harris, Joshua Meddaugh, An Undergraduate Course on the Road to Law School and a Legal Career for First-Generation Students and Other Underrepresented Groups in the Profession, Questions in Politics – October 19 2023

Mara A Mooney, Diane Hess, Fundamentals of Georgia Real Estate Law (2d ed.), Carolina Academic Press – May 2020

Antoinette S. France-Harris, Christie H Burton, Mara A Mooney, Putting Theory into Practice: Incorporating a Community Engagement Model into Online Pre-professional Courses in Law and Human Resource Management at a Minority-Serving Institution , Online Learning Journal – June 2019

Sheryne Southard, Mara A Mooney, Standardized Standards: A Comparative Analysis of Quality Assurance Standards in Distance Education and a Proposal for a Consistent Framework., International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning –

Mara A Mooney, Sheryne Southard, Christie H Burton, Shifting From Obligatory Discourse to Rich Dialogue: Promoting Student Interaction in Asynchronous Threaded Discussion Postings, The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration – Spring 2014

Presentations

Mara A Mooney, From Assignment to Assessment: Managing Asynchronous Virtual Oral Presentations, Spring Conference, American Association for Paralegal Educators – March 2025

Mara A Mooney, Joshua Meddaugh, We Seek to Admit Exhibit A: Prelaw and Lawyering Skills, Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting November 11 2022

Mara A Mooney, Edward (Drew) Case, Pre-Law for Paralegals, American Association for Paralegal Educators Spring Meeting April 8 2022

Sheryne Southard, Christie H Burton, Mara A Mooney, Incorporating Elements of Suspense to Facilitate Robust Online Discussion, INSIDE PASSHE, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education – February 13 2013

Sheryne Southard, Mara A Mooney, Loretta Calvert, Compliance with ABA Requirements for Content, Delivery, and Assessment of Online Courses, Southeast Regional Meeting, American Association for Paralegal Educators (AAfPE) – March 27 2009

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

College, Creative Activities & Scholarship Enrichment Committee, Committee Member – Fall 2024 to Present

University, Library Advisory Committee, Committee Member – Fall 2021 to Present

Department, Social Sciences P&T, Committee Member – August 2015 to Present

College, Legal Studies Advisory Committee, Committee Member – Fall 2000 to Present

College, Arts & Sciences P&T Committee (Professor), Committee Member – Fall 2017 to Spring 2020

Teaching Interest

Legal Research & Writing; American Government; Ethics; Real Estate Law; Pre-Law & Lawyering Skills; Law Office Skills

Research Interest

Scholarship of Teaching & Learning; Social Mobility