Academic Achievement Program - Meet the Team

Rodney P Rawls

Lecturer and Program Director, Academic Achievement Program

(305) 284-1687
Rodney P. Rawls is Director of the Academic Achievement Program at the University of Miami School of Law. He graduated magna cum laude, earning a B.S. in Accounting from Hampton University. Upon graduation, he attended Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, where he was involved as a Guardian Ad Litem,...

Jack F. Townsend

Lecturer in Law and Associate Director, Academic Achievement Program

Jack Townsend is the Associate Director of Academic Achievement at the University of Miami School of Law. He began his undergraduate career at University of Miami in 2011 as a Dual Degree Honors Student on the Pre-Law Track. As an undergraduate student, Townsend pursued a major in International Studies and a minor in the Classics. He...

Odetta Clarke

Lecturer in Law and Associate Director, Academic Achievement Program
Associate Director, Academic Achievement Program

(305) 284-3270
Odetta Clarke is a 2012 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. She came to Miami after earning her B.A. at Columbia University, a Master’s degree at the University of Rochester, a Master’s in Fine Arts at the University of Michigan, and serving as a Fulbright Fellow in Dakar, Senegal. Prior to law school, Clarke...

Alex Calle

Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director, Academic Achievement Program
Assistant Director, Academic Achievement Program

Alex Calle is Assistant Director of the law school's Academic Achievement Program. A graduate of Florida International University with a B.A. in Political Science, Alex went on to earn a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, graduating with cum laude honors. In law school, he served as an Articles and Comments Editor on the...

Gabriela Sophia Hernandez

Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director, Academic Achievement Program

Gabriela S. Hernandez is a Lecturer in Law and the Assistant Director of the Academic Achievement Program at the University of Miami School of Law, where she is dedicated to fostering student success both inside and outside the classroom. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami in 2017, where she served as President of the...

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