Emily Walsh Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Research and write legal memos regarding complex common law and statutory issues.
• Draft complaints and trial court filings.
• Engage in all aspects of pre-trial litigation, including motion practice, deposition preparation, fact development, and discovery review.
• Develop and maintain efficient case management resources.
• Work directly with clients, including state officials and survivors of gun violence.

I was honored to continue working with Everytown Law on a part-time basis during my final year of law school, supporting pre-trial preparations for two cases against Polymer80, a former manufacturer of ghost guns.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Drafted legal research memos on topics including compelled speech, hearsay exceptions, and administrative agency deference.
• Maintained discovery spreadsheets and developed targeted chronologies for use in trial preparation.
• Reviewed and coded thousands of documents using Everlaw and Relativity.
• Became integrated into several affirmative litigation projects representing victims of gun violence and defending gun violence prevention policies.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Researched and drafted an amicus brief in support of litigation by families of mass shooting victims.
• Researched the origin of a policy decision and wrote a corresponding memo that was sent to the California Attorney General's Office for use in ongoing litigation.
• Analyzed prospective Takings Clause challenges to new policies regulating the dispossession of ghost guns and developed effective legal counterarguments.
• Reviewed the Guam Code and summarized all sections related to firearm policy.
• Proposed modifications of state legislation to prevent hate-motivated gun violence.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed and implemented federal and state legislative campaign strategies.
• Conducted state and congressional gun violence prevention advocacy, including providing legislative testimony.
• Managed relationships with national and state coalition partners.
• Wrote advocacy materials and grassroots activism tools.
• Tracked and evaluated metrics and progress towards human rights impact.
• Led two successful gun violence prevention state legislative campaigns.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led successful campaigns contributing to the release of activists in Turkey and journalists in Myanmar.
• Developed campaign strategy documents and membership engagement materials.
• Generated substantial grassroots activism, including 138,362 emails and 9,450 phone calls.
• Coordinated successful government advocacy.
• Served as the campaign spokesperson, including performing a live interview on camera
• Spearheaded public events including a Senate panel attended by nine congressional offices.

Greater New York City Area

• Performed trainings on strategic case campaigning with AIUSA Local and Student Groups.
• Co-lead diverse tactics in order to resolve cases, including lobbying, media, coalition building and grassroots activism.
• Developed an efficient system for tracking, reporting and analyzing data for AIUSA Group casework resulting in the documentation of 146,582 additional actions in 2015.
• Created a Write for Rights human rights education program, including the production of materials, managing outreach to 14,619 educators, building strategic relationships organizations, and collecting data, resulting in.
• Created online and offline materials to ensure that AIUSA Groups are equipped and motivated to win their case campaigns.
• Managed AIUSA's Urgent Action Network, including data collection, the production of training resources and quality assurance through attention to detail.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater New York City Area

• Administered a large database of activists to receive urgent alerts about human rights abuses.
• Collected and reported data for a nation-wide grassroots campaign.
• Developed casework materials, including strategies for resolving individual human rights abuses.
• Supported AIUSA members in campaigning on individual cases.

Greater Boston Area

Nairobi, Kenya

• Wrote a comparative report regarding death penalty abolition within several African states.
• Edited litigation from the Truth and Justice Commission in Nairobi.

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Managed a grassroots team of volunteers for President Obama's reelection campaign.
• Developed the capacity of group leaders, managed weekly events and motivated team campaign work.
• Performed trainings and led community outreach efforts, including phone banks and canvassing.

DFL State Headquarters, St. Paul, Minnesota

Working within a professional office environment, advancing office software skills and becoming familiar with the organization of the party. Compiled databases to facilitate communication among local officials and provided excellent service to address the concerns of constituents. Assisted with administrative functions and events, including the development.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief, Social Justice Law Review; Co-Leader on the King Hall Legal Foundation Board of Directors.

Bachelor'S, Political Science, Philosophy

President of the Kalamazoo College Democrats, Leader of Amnesty International chapter, Co-Leader of Habitat for Humanity, Founder of the.

Social Sciences

Spent six months in Nairobi, Kenya. Learned Kiswahili and took courses including "Politics of Kenya" from the University of Nairobi.