For many years, Dean Cobb provided representation, advice and counsel to various University System of Maryland institutions in many of areas of law affecting higher education law and policy, including student matters. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law’s legal research and writing program, consistently receiving high praise on her student evaluations.

Dean Cobb joined the law school after serving as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Educational Affairs Division in the Office of the Maryland Attorney General. She also practiced law in New York City and in 1986 joined DLA Piper (formerly Piper & Marbury) in Baltimore. She joined the Attorney General’s Office in 1990 where she represented the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for three years. In 1993 she moved to the Educational Affairs Division and became Deputy Chief in 1997.

Dean Cobb is and has been an active member of numerous community and professional organizations including the Baltimore City Teen Court, the Charles Village Community Benefits District, the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the Daily Record Editorial Advisory Board, and the Maryland State Bar Association's Committee on Youth-At Risk, which she co-chaired in 2007-08. She is a member of the Court of Appeals Commission on Professionalism and chairs the subcommittee on mentoring for new attorneys.