DivorceChild supportProperty divisionPost-divorce modificationsChild custody & visitationCPS Cases - Parent DefenseMediationSpousal supportEnforcement of Court ordersAdoptions

Manage 8+ employees and coordinate with 250+ volunteersRan a 46 bed shelter for domestic violence and human trafficking victims

Researched and wrote writ of certiorari for the Utah Supreme court on a personal injury tort case.

Assisted in running a recruiting campaign bringing in 150+ volunteer attorneys to take pro bono and low bono cases statewide; placed 55+ cases; created 12+ “how-to” checklists for different areas of the lawTrained and managed 10 volunteer attorney teams to staff a free weekly legal clinic, connected attorneys with clients, and ran the weekly clinicResearched and synthesized 63 areas of law to make a reference book for volunteer attorneysTracked volunteer engagement data and provided reports to committee leaders and Bar Commissioners

Researched laws regarding same-sex-couple adoption in each European countryResearched all cases finding the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionalResearched local resources for the Tuesday Night Bar Volunteer Attorneys

Researched socio-economic data and case law that defend Utah’s current adoption lawOrganized research into outline form and began a draft for a law review article for publication

Taught juvenile detainees their legal rights and responsibilities; prepared them for detention hearingsCreated a Community Resource handbook and website: http://www.law2.byu.edu/community_resources/

Coordinated with deans to initiate an award for students who donate 100 hours to public serviceWorked to update the Career Services Public Interest Guidebook Determined fields for a database to fill with public interest employers

Assisted in executing two full-day family law CLEs covering topics such as divorce and child custodyOrganized a council of six people to coordinate volunteer law students to work with pro bono attorneysTrained the council and 100+ student volunteers how to work on their assigned case

Member, Equal Justice Works Summer AmeriCorp Program, May 2011– August 2011President, Public Interest Law Foundation, March 2011 – March 20123L Representative, J. Reuben Clark Law Society BYU Law Student Chapter, March 2011 – March 2012Publicity Chair, Women in the Law, March 2011 – March 2012Community Outreach Fundraiser Chair, Women in the Law Board, 2010 – 2011; organized annual “Stump the Professor” fundraiser for local Women and Children in Crisis Center; managed efforts of 30+ volunteers to raise and donate $1,500 in cash and gift cards to shelterPublic Interest Placement Coordinator, Public Interest Law Forum Board, 2010 – 2011; matched up local public interest law entities with student volunteers; distributed stipends to students chosenParticipant, Moot Court, Trial Advocacy, and Alternate Dispute Resolution competitions Volunteer, BYU Law Help, 2009 – 2010 First Year Representative, Public Interest Law Forum Board, 2009 – 2010 First Year Representative, Woman’s Law Forum Board, 2009 – 2010 Service Vice President Officer, Phi Theta Kappa Academic Honors Sorority 2003-2004GPA 3.17

Prepared, argued, and won a domestic violence victim’s protection order modificationOrganized evidence for a court hearing for a crime victim, attended 5+ court hearings per weekWrote predictive memorandums on the long-arm abilities of protective orders, how to change a children’s protection order, and made a chart annotating the sex-offender treatment center options

Procured, organized, and strategically compiled evidence to complete 4 U-Nonimmigration status applications for immigrant victims of a crime in the United States and one Violence Against Woman Act Self-Petition for a woman abused by her United States citizen husbandConducted intakes and client interviews multiple times per week including interviews regarding divorceResearched family law topics such as Iraqi adoption law, the International Hague Convention, and how to treat a mobile home in a divorceCompleted 300 hours volunteer work as a summer AmeriCorp Equal Justice Works member

Prepared Findings of Facts and Divorce Decrees and for domestic violence victimsWrote motions for a continuance, motions to withdraw an appearance, and client closing lettersResearched how a wife cohabitating with a same-sex partner prior to divorce would affect alimony

Answered legal questions before and during senior center activitiesCoordinated with a supervising attorney to follow up with client’s issues to give sound legal advice

Worked to sue perpetrators who murdered their spouse in a domestic violence scenarioWrote numerous memos including predictive memos on Arizona’s hearsay rule, Federal Rules of Procedure for Interpleaders, and on Federal Rules of Pro Hoc ViceFormulated a reply to a racketeering response for the court, read through 300+ pages of court minutes from the prior criminal case to find a pattern to synthesize for a 2 page court exhibit for the civil case

Worked in classrooms with children with mild, moderate, and/or severe mental, emotional, developmental, or hearing disabilities, grades Pre-K through 12th Taught a bilingual classroom to 3 Hispanic children

Attended shelter, detention, and review hearings, family and child team meetings, and mediationsnterviewed clients and witnesses for trial and wrote reports in preparation for trial

Provided least restrictive therapeutic environment for up to 168 delinquent youth struggling with mental, emotional, behavioral, thought, and substance abuse issues

Enforced 400+ program rules; worked directly with patients in goal setting and follow-upMentored healthy attitudes and behaviors of 43+ girls; assisted with activities of daily living

Educated 14+ clients to manage medication and symptoms of severe and persistent mental illness Performed services and trained clientele in areas of finances, housing, employment, education, legal, social, substance abuse, and medical care needs to empower clientele to meet society’s expectationsDiffused stressful situations daily (transporting clients to ER, to jail, emergency psychiatric counsel)