University of Baltimore School of Law
Education
Ph.D., Georgetown University
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
M.A., Teachers College of Columbia University
B.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Areas of Expertise
Academic Support
Legal Discourse
Tort Law
Biography
Baffy joined the faculty in 2021 after eight years at Georgetown Law, where she was faculty director of the two-year LL.M. program. In this role, she developed a Legal English curriculum that supports international students’ acquisition of essential skills for legal academia. She also taught the flagship course in the two-year LL.M. program, for which she received the Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award. Prior to her legal teaching career, Baffy taught linguistics and English as a Second Language for nine years in the United States and Hungary.
Her scholarly interests lie at the intersection of law and linguistics. Her research focuses on the discourse processes underlying law students’ socialization to law school and the legal profession, as well as discourse analysis of interactions in the courtroom and congressional hearings.
Baffy is a member of the Massachusetts bar.