Online Bachelor's Degree: Legal Studies

A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Patrick Bradley joined the Baltimore City Police Department as a patrol officer in 1970. In 1994, he retired as major/director of the Baltimore Police Academy to accept an appointment as deputy director for the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions. Ten years later, he was appointed executive director. In that capacity, he was responsible for the certification and training of over 32,000 police and correctional officers, parole and probation agents, and juvenile justice employees throughout Maryland as well as the operation of the 700-acre Public Safety Education and Training Center in Sykesville. In June 2009, Bradley was appointed assistant director for training for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services' Commitment Division.

On August 15, 2011, Bradley accepted the position of academic director for the University of Maryland Global Campus Undergraduate School's criminal justice program. In 2016, he was elected as a charter member to the UMGC Academic Advisory Board. In May 2017, Bradley began serving as the acting vice dean for the business and professional programs in the Undergraduate School. He was officially appointed to the position six months later.

Bradley received a Bachelor of Science in law enforcement and corrections from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a member of the Maryland State Bar Association. He holds a graduate certificate in teaching in higher education from Johns Hopkins. He is a graduate of the 114th Session of the FBI National Academy. He is the past president of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training.

Cathryn Spring Walton holds a JD from the University of Maryland School of Law, as well as bachelor’s and master's degrees.

Prior to joining University of Maryland Global Campus as full-time faculty and course chair in 2005, she taught business and constitutional law, management, business ethics, and marketing at Gettysburg College, University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Miami.

Spring has academic, legal, and business experience including positions as assistant dean at University of Maryland School of Law, director of recruitment and professional training/development at Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman in Baltimore, and founder/owner of ProPrep, an LSAT prep course and law school advising business. She also has experience in management at Everfast Corporation, in part-time legal practice, and as a consultant for professional recruitment/training programs for law firms, law schools, and accounting firms.