Marco Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

• As one of two Head Directors for the clinic, I oversee about 40 caseworkers and all client interactions. Our caseworkers provide free legal research and tax filing services to California residents. Some of the main responsibilities include: • Recruit and hire all new caseworkers for the 2023-2024 academic year. • Responsible for officer placements for the 2023-2024 academic year. • Serve as the initial point of contact for clients' legal concerns. • Lead legal research and client-relations training sessions for new caseworkers. • Final Approval of 10-15 case reports per week, ranging from 10-20 pages.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Conducted weekly interviews with clients to understand legal issues.• Researched potential courses of legal action for clients based on questions in the initial consultation meeting.• Filed weekly, comprehensive case reports for clients including legal statutes, questions, and legal references.• Completing 3-4 basic tax returns per week for clients, starting with intake interviews and finishing with processing the completed return.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Plan community-building events for caseworkers.• Facilitate and plan SVSH trainings for caseworkers.• Serve as the initial point of contact for SVSH-related complaints. • Oversee a team of three interns and delegate tasks.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Serve as the first Restorative Justice Liason for the Student Advocate's Office. • Serve as the main point of contact for caseworkers and clients requesting assistance or information on restorative pathways within the CSC. • Work collaboratively with the CSC to develop and amend the Student Code of Conduct to include restorative pathways and options. • Facilitate restorative conversations and discussions to resolve internal office-related conflicts.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Inform students accused of violating UC Berkeley's student code of conduct of their legal options.• Advocate and help accused students navigate informal, formal, and sanctions-only meetings with Center for Student Conduct (CSC) hearing officers. • Lead and develop trainings for new caseworkers.

Berkeley, California, United States

• This position is reserved for Graduate students with the exception of the Dean's approval for Undergraduate students.• Lead and facilitate two discussion sections composed of about 25 undergraduate students each.• Grade discussion participation/attendance, papers, take-home exams, and in-person exams for students in my two discussion sections.• Work collaboratively with the professor and GSIs to write exam questions, paper/essay prompts, and general lesson plans.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Develop 10-15 weekly reports that detail the direct and indirect impacts of current and proposed legislation. Reports cover a wide range of issues mainly including, but not limited to the following: immigration/migration conflicts, international trade concerns, environmental regulation, post-Brexit concerns, and human rights violations in continental Europe and the Middle East.• Conduct extensive research on parliamentary-specific search engines to write and develop these reports.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Lead a semester-long course that focuses on professional development (mainly resume building and interview skills) for 30 newly inducted members.• Contact legal professionals to come and talk to newly inducted members.

• Oversee nine to eleven interns each academic semester.• Outreach to Bay Area legal professionals and moderate two to three events every month.• Responsible for teaching professional development and etiquette.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Sent over 100 emails to local Bay Area lawyers, inviting them to speak at an event.• Facilitated 3 events throughout the semester.

Newport Beach, California, United States

• Created a database for the company's 70+ business entities.• Developed operating agreements for the company's investments that involved third-party investors. • Formed and dissolved LLCs through the Secretary of State in California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Arizona, and Delaware.

Berkeley, California, United States

• Serve as a judge once a month for local high school debate tournaments.• Serve as a judge once a month for collegiate-level debate tournaments, both locally and on the national scale

Berkeley, California, United States

• Competing at the collegiate level in British Parliamentary and American Parliamentary Debate.

• Met with high school students weekly to review their essays and provide extensive feedback while applying to Common App, University of California, and California State University Application.• Assisted 14 students for the class of 2022 application cycle in filling out the FASFA.

Double Major: Political Science And Sociology, Law, Graduated With Highest Distinction

Activities and Societies: ASUC Legal Clinic, Student Advocate's Office, Undergraduate Student Instructor (uGSI), Phi Alpha Delta, Debate.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Associated Student Body (ASB) President, National Honor Society (NHS) President, Vista Unified School Board.