Published Author, Lawyer Ilise Celebrated As Haddonfield Star Student

HADDONFIELD, NJ — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors.

This submission comes from Dominique, who nominated spouse Ilise of Haddonfield-Haddon Township. Ilise has been practicing law for decades, and is now studying at Georgetown University Law Center for a Master of Laws in Global Health Law.

Star local student’s name

Ilise

Star local student’s home state

New Jersey

How do you know the star local student?

Married to her

Why do you believe the star local student should be recognized?

Ilise is simply amazing phenomenonal and I am so proud to know her. After raising children she has returned to school. First to learn about nanotechnology which did not even exist when she was a student the first time. Now she has returned to law school to study global health law..another unprecedented subject.. and how to apply nanotechnology to improve global health. She has vision of a bright future applying nanotechnology and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and amazing range of knowledge in her quest for academic excellence. Top grades in subjects where no man has gone before as science fiction becomes.... Science

It takes tons of courage to go back to school after decades. Ilise is getting retooled! She is back at the same law school she graduated forty years ago! Studying at Georgetown University law center for a master's of laws in global health law! She has been practicing global health law all her life but when she was in law school there was no coursework in health law. . now she is studying the law of nanotechnology and what is nanostructures and materials at the nanoscale doing I. Our food? These are vital social issues and she has tackled the role of law in society for regulating risks and controlling dangers in daily life using as her case study nanotechnology in food. Her writing is clear and direct even though her subject is super complicated. She is amazing and loved by her student peers although she is without parallel. A phenom

What's one thing you want everyone to know about the star local student?

She is amazing. She has overcome obstacles of sexism that kept her out of the workplace especially academia in a field of law that is essential to human existence. She has an unflinching thirst for knowledge and profound intellectual curiosity that inspired the students around her especially young professional women. She has overcome obstacles and trauma in her life to engage successfully in lifelong learning by embracing subjects that did not exist when she was in school such as nanotechnology laws science policy and global health laws.

She is an exemplary role model not only for young professionalism but an example of persistence and staying power for older folks who fall prey to the myth that they are too old to learn anything new. This is her second rodeo...Ilise graduated law school decades ago before her children were born. Since then she wrote eight published books in two languages and over 400 published articles about women's rights science and law. Now she is back in law school studying rights to health in many legal systems, sitting on executive boards for publications and creating expert workshops designed to bring information about science and technology governance to millions of people everywhere. She has a staying power and drive that can invent policies to save the world.

Congratulations on your achievements, and all of our best wishes to you in the future, Ilise!

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