Instruct and advise law school student advocates on best practices in case preparation and trial advocacy for competition in national tournaments.-Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition - Waco, TX (June 2024)-National Trial Competition - Williamsburg, VA Regional (Feb. 2024)-AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition - Regional (March 2023)-National Civil Trial Competition - Virtual (Nov. 2021)-Top Gun National Mock Trial Tournament - Virtual (June 2021)-American Association for Justice (AAJ) Regional - Virtual (March 2021)-National Civil Trial Competition - Virtual (Nov. 2020)-Top Gun National Mock Trial Tournament - Virtual (May 2020)-Championship - 2019 National Civil Trial Competition - Santa Monica, CA (Nov. 2019)-Championship - 2019 AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy Competition - Philadelphia, PA (April 2019)-Championship - 2019 AAJ Regional Student Trial Advocacy Competition - Raleigh, NC (March 2019)

Plaintiff’s attorney focusing on class actions, complex civil litigation, personal injury cases, and employment litigation across the United States. Licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina, and United States Virgin Islands courts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina and the District of South Carolina.

Worked in plaintiff’s firm focused on claims for wrongful death, catastrophic and workplace injuries, and medical malpractice across North Carolina.

Worked in national practice focused on commercial and business litigation and contract disputes.

Assist the senator and his staff with legislative research and projects, including trade in North Carolina, Early Childhood Education and the North Carolina Budget, constituent projects, district outreach, and legislative office work.

-Assist the section attorneys in representing different state agencies and officials, including the North Carolina General Assembly, Superior Court Judges, members of the US Senate, and NC Cabinet Secretaries-Draft appellate briefs and responses for cases in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, the North Carolina Supreme Court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Superior Courts-Research North Carolina governmental & constitutional litigation issues on a case-by-case basis-Assist in complex litigation preparation, including deposition summaries, record keeping, and record review

The Vice President of the Student Body works on projects and tasks within the Executive Branch of Student Government as well as on university-wide committees and groups to represent and advocate for all students at UNC Chapel Hill. Additionally, the Vice President selects and appoints over 150 of the Executive Branch's appointments to University positions all over the campus. During his term, Jacob worked extensively on the campaign against the UNC Board of Governor's policy change to reduce the drop/add period at UNC Chapel Hill from eight weeks to ten days. Together with members of Student Government, the petition raised a record number of signatures - nearly 8,000. Afterwards, Jacob worked with groups across campus to ameliorate the policy's effects and find ways to assist students, including raising the number of hours a student can pass/fail from 11 to 16 and allowing students to "withdraw" from courses until the previous eight week period.Memberships: Student Representative: UNC Board of Trustees University Affairs CommitteeAcademic Advising Program CouncilCarolina Union Board of DirectorsCommencement Speaker Advisory CommitteeCommencement Advisory CommitteeAcademic Planning Steering Committee

The Vice President of the Student Body is charged with chairing the Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor. This involves interviewing and appointing all undergraduate members of the committee, directing the committee's work, leading committee meetings, planning forums and open houses for the Chancellor and other administrators, and serving as Student Government's direct representative to the committee.