Monday, September 30, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Employment in DC Symposium - 2013
Please join us on Thursday, September 12, for the annual Employment Symposium hosted by the DC Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.
This year's symposium will feature a panel discussion of attorneys working in various sectors of the DC-area legal market. As in past years, the symposium will also include an opportunity for resume review, and interview practice.
We extend a special invitation to law students and local attorneys currently engaged in a job search. Any other interested persons are also welcome.
Also, please let us know if you have experience interviewing job candidates and could help do mock interviews
A light dinner will be provided.
The event will take place at the DC offices of Patton Boggs LLP - 2550 M Street NW at 6:00 PM (within walking distance of Foggy Bottom Metro Station).
Please RSVP by Friday, September 6, by emailing Carey Nuttal here. If you would like to participate in a mock interview and/or resume review, please indicate which activities you would prefer. Resumes should be submitted to the same address.
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Supreme Court Review with Marcia Coyle
Join us for lunch on Thursday, September 26, when DC Chapter member Michelle Olsen will interview Marcia Coyle about her new book, The Roberts Court, and about the upcoming Supreme Court term.
Marcia Coyle is the chief Washington correspondent for The National Law Journal. As a lawyer and journalist, she has covered the Supreme Court for twenty-five years. She also appears regularly on the PBS NewsHour and has earned numerous national journalism awards, including the George Polk Award for legal reporting.
Michelle Olsen is the blogger behind Appellate Daily and a columnist for the U.S. Supreme Court section of the National Law Journal, focusing on circuit split coverage. She reported on the same-sex marriage arguments for Above the Law, and her work has been featured by numerous other outlets, including SCOTUSblog and How Appealing. Ms. Olsen has provided on-air commentary for HuffPost Live.
The event will take place at 12 noon on September 26, at the offices of Winston & Strawn, 1700 K Street, N.W. (next to Farragut Square off the Farragut North (red line) and Farragut West (orange line) metro stations).
Lunch will be provided.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Resume of Candidate Seeking Employment Litigation or other Civil Litigation Position
GREGORY MARK SKIDMORE
6451 Lily Dhu Lane • Falls Church, Virginia 22044 • (505) 412-9946 • gregskidmore85@gmail.com
EDUCATION
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia
Juris Doctor Candidate, December 2013
Class Rank: Top 33% (75/232)
Honors: Finalist & Winner of Best Brief, 2013 GW Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition
Honorable Mention, 2012 Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition for:
Taking a Chance on Smith: How the Hybrid-Rights Doctrine Can Protect Both Religious Individuals and Religious Institutions
Activities: Writing Fellow & Senior Writing Fellow, LRWA Program
Civil Rights Law Journal, Full Member
Moot Court Board, Member
2013 J. Reuben Clark Law Society National Conference, Co-Chairman
Publication: Brief to be published in Summer 2013 issue of Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, April 2009
GPA: 3.82/4.0
Honors: J. Winter and Florence E. Smith Scholarship recipient
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Activities: Washington Seminar participant (Nevada Governor’s Washington, DC office intern)
EXPERIENCE
The Employment Law Group, P.C., Washington, DC
Full-time Litigation Law Clerk, March 2012-Present
Draft complaints, discovery requests, and oppositions to dispositive motions for filing in federal court and in arbitration for Title VII and ADA claims. Engage in extensive client contact and communication regarding legal claims and investigative matters. Conduct substantive legal research regarding employee coverage under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower statutes. Draft brief to Fourth Circuit appealing final order regarding the definition of an “actual disability” under the ADA. Draft complaint and relator’s statement while assisting client-relator in qui tam claims under the False Claims Act.
Domenici Law Firm, P.C., Albuquerque, New Mexico
Summer Associate, May 2011-August 2011
Drafted a report addressing residual environmental liabilities and potential solutions for the City of Albuquerque in purchasing contaminated property. Monitored a hearing on a motion to intervene for a preliminary injunction regarding land grant and foreclosure sale. Researched common and statutory public nuisance law to determine the viability of a potential suit.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, Utah
Sales Support Agent, September 2009-July 2010
Guided both American and French Canadian distributors and executives with successful marketing strategies to expand business. Increased revenue and provided superior customer service winning various awards for highest percentage increase in revenue. Ranked among top 10% of employees.
BYU Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Provo, Utah
Research Assistant, April 2009-August 2009
Assisted in the publication of The Change Election and Financing the 2008 Election books and assisted in the writing of The Myth of the Independent Voter Revisited. Researched and applied campaign finance laws to developing publications.
Flickinger & Sutterfield P.C., Provo, Utah
Attorney’s Assistant, January 2009-April 2009
Drafted legal demands on behalf of clients in car accident cases preceding their settlement. Monitored a deposition between lawyers and a client in a medical malpractice suit. Researched Provo City laws and traffic regulations for application to personal injury cases.
PERSONAL
French language, strong oral, writing, and reading skills
Varsity Scout Leader (Dec. 2010-May 2012) and Eagle Scout (Feb. 2002), Boy Scouts of America
Child Mentor, Safety Net Mentor Program (Mar. 2010-Aug. 2010)
Church Representative, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, France (Aug. 2004-Aug. 2006)
6451 Lily Dhu Lane • Falls Church, Virginia 22044 • (505) 412-9946 • gregskidmore85@gmail.com
EDUCATION
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia
Juris Doctor Candidate, December 2013
Class Rank: Top 33% (75/232)
Honors: Finalist & Winner of Best Brief, 2013 GW Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition
Honorable Mention, 2012 Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition for:
Taking a Chance on Smith: How the Hybrid-Rights Doctrine Can Protect Both Religious Individuals and Religious Institutions
Activities: Writing Fellow & Senior Writing Fellow, LRWA Program
Civil Rights Law Journal, Full Member
Moot Court Board, Member
2013 J. Reuben Clark Law Society National Conference, Co-Chairman
Publication: Brief to be published in Summer 2013 issue of Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, April 2009
GPA: 3.82/4.0
Honors: J. Winter and Florence E. Smith Scholarship recipient
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Activities: Washington Seminar participant (Nevada Governor’s Washington, DC office intern)
EXPERIENCE
The Employment Law Group, P.C., Washington, DC
Full-time Litigation Law Clerk, March 2012-Present
Draft complaints, discovery requests, and oppositions to dispositive motions for filing in federal court and in arbitration for Title VII and ADA claims. Engage in extensive client contact and communication regarding legal claims and investigative matters. Conduct substantive legal research regarding employee coverage under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower statutes. Draft brief to Fourth Circuit appealing final order regarding the definition of an “actual disability” under the ADA. Draft complaint and relator’s statement while assisting client-relator in qui tam claims under the False Claims Act.
Domenici Law Firm, P.C., Albuquerque, New Mexico
Summer Associate, May 2011-August 2011
Drafted a report addressing residual environmental liabilities and potential solutions for the City of Albuquerque in purchasing contaminated property. Monitored a hearing on a motion to intervene for a preliminary injunction regarding land grant and foreclosure sale. Researched common and statutory public nuisance law to determine the viability of a potential suit.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, Utah
Sales Support Agent, September 2009-July 2010
Guided both American and French Canadian distributors and executives with successful marketing strategies to expand business. Increased revenue and provided superior customer service winning various awards for highest percentage increase in revenue. Ranked among top 10% of employees.
BYU Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Provo, Utah
Research Assistant, April 2009-August 2009
Assisted in the publication of The Change Election and Financing the 2008 Election books and assisted in the writing of The Myth of the Independent Voter Revisited. Researched and applied campaign finance laws to developing publications.
Flickinger & Sutterfield P.C., Provo, Utah
Attorney’s Assistant, January 2009-April 2009
Drafted legal demands on behalf of clients in car accident cases preceding their settlement. Monitored a deposition between lawyers and a client in a medical malpractice suit. Researched Provo City laws and traffic regulations for application to personal injury cases.
PERSONAL
French language, strong oral, writing, and reading skills
Varsity Scout Leader (Dec. 2010-May 2012) and Eagle Scout (Feb. 2002), Boy Scouts of America
Child Mentor, Safety Net Mentor Program (Mar. 2010-Aug. 2010)
Church Representative, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, France (Aug. 2004-Aug. 2006)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Religious Freedom Discussion
Please plan to attend our next Religious Freedom Discussion on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, from 12-1 p.m. MDT when Professor David M. Kirkham presents “Religious Freedom and the American Identity”
Perspectives may vary, especially among non-Americans, as to whether the long-term impact America has had on the rest of the world has been a good one, but no one can deny that that impact has been significant. And even America's most hard-bitten critics would likely agree that the United States has played a positive role among the world's peoples throughout at least some, if not much of its history. Although many factors--both cultural and economic--have been cited over the decades to account for America's extraordinary influence, beyond tales of 17th-century pilgrims and puritans, often overlooked has been the contribution that freedom of conscience and religion have made, right up to present times, to the overall shaping of the American identity. In his third annual contribution to the ICLRS Religious Freedom Discussion Series, Professor Kirkham, holder of a PhD in American Civilization as well as a juris doctorate, will begin to assess the influence of religious freedom on American cultural, intellectual, and political history. He will then ask, and invite answers to, questions on the relevance of contemporary freedom of conscience and religion protections to some of the largest concerns facing the United States--and perhaps the world--today.
This lecture will be held in 472 JRCB.
The Religious Freedom Discussion Series is sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Perspectives may vary, especially among non-Americans, as to whether the long-term impact America has had on the rest of the world has been a good one, but no one can deny that that impact has been significant. And even America's most hard-bitten critics would likely agree that the United States has played a positive role among the world's peoples throughout at least some, if not much of its history. Although many factors--both cultural and economic--have been cited over the decades to account for America's extraordinary influence, beyond tales of 17th-century pilgrims and puritans, often overlooked has been the contribution that freedom of conscience and religion have made, right up to present times, to the overall shaping of the American identity. In his third annual contribution to the ICLRS Religious Freedom Discussion Series, Professor Kirkham, holder of a PhD in American Civilization as well as a juris doctorate, will begin to assess the influence of religious freedom on American cultural, intellectual, and political history. He will then ask, and invite answers to, questions on the relevance of contemporary freedom of conscience and religion protections to some of the largest concerns facing the United States--and perhaps the world--today.
This lecture will be held in 472 JRCB.
The Religious Freedom Discussion Series is sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Resume: Brody Wight
Brody Wight is interested in finding First Amendment litigation related work in the DC area this summer. Please contact him if you know of any opportunities.
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