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Arlington, MA, US

Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

* Manage a budget of $95M for a 5,800 student pre K-12 school district* Sit on Budget, Policies & Procedures, Community Affairs and Legal Services Subcommittees* past service as SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Council) liaiison* Make data-driven decisions about budget needs, curriculum and hiring of personnel including the Superintendent

Provide 1-on-1 counseling to students applying to college and law school. Share admissions expertise to direct the strategy of students’ profiles. Provide feedback to foster students’ independent writing skills. Provide comprehensive support to students as they prepare their applications. Generate creative trajectories and projects for students’.

Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

As a Steering Committee member and Co-Chair of Field Organizing, I played a pivotal role in orchestrating strategic outreach initiatives for a municipal budget override campaign. Utilizing the SMARTVAN database, I coordinated door-to-door canvassing, phone banks, and text banks across 21 precincts. Our efforts proved successful in mobilizing voters to pass.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Read, evaluate, and summarize applications for the first-year class. Evaluate academic records, letters of recommendation, student-written essays, co/extra-curricular commitments and achievements, and interview reports. Participate in admissions decision making process through attendance at committee meetings for early action and regular decision.

Contributing writer for the only online restaurant review site for parents looking to dine out with their kids.http://kid-nosh.com/

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for all aspects of the admissions office's operations, including strategic planning, recruitment of applicants, counseling of application review, planning and execution of post-admission initiatives, staff management, statistics and data analysis, writing and editing of letters and publications. In addition to the general operation of the.

Greater Boston Area

Advise J.D. students on career related issues. Plan school year programming for students seeking public interest employment.

Greater Boston Area

Instruct undergraduate student in Constitutional Law. Covers an analysis the Supreme Court's decision in recent decades, with emphasis on the constitutional rights that individuals have against states and the federal government. Explores the Court's impact on debates over privacy, race and sex discrimination, freedom of expression, and religion.

Greater Boston Area

Instruct second year law students in appellate writing and oral advocacy.

Greater Boston Area

Advise J.D. students pursuing careers in public interest law.

Represented criminal defendants in state and federal courts in investigations, trial preparation, and appellate process. Drafted motions for pre-trial probation based on clients’ social history and collateral mental health and substance abuse issues.

Worcester, Massachusetts

Represented indigent defendants charged with serious felonies in District and Superior Court. Litigated bail hearings, probable cause hearings, motion hearings, suppression hearings, trials, and Sex Offender Registry Board hearings. Supervised college student interns

Brooklyn, New York

Represented indigent defendants in Grand Jury presentations, pre-trial litigation, and trial. Advised and acted as a mentor to new lawyers in negotiations and trial preparation. Regularly assisted in training new lawyers. Collaborated with social work professionals in evaluating treatment and vocational programs as possible alternatives to incarceration in.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Administered surveys and questionnaires, compiled results, tabulated and processed data. Received authorship credit on policy and academic publications addressing issues of welfare reform, teen fertility, and other important policy issues regarding children and families.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Review of Law and Social Change, Public Interest Auction, Juvenile Rights Clinic, REACH (Research, Education, &.

B.A., Economics And Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Ruach Jewish Students, Pro-Choice Task Force, Student Housing Committee

Education record