Stephanie L. Tang Email & Phone Number

Waco, Tx, Us

Waco, Texas, United States

• Courses Taught: Family Law, Advanced Family Law, LARC 3: Persuasive Communication, Children and the Law• Executive Director, Family Law Clinic

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Provide case assistance for ongoing Illinois domestic relations proceedings• Review pleadings, orders, and correspondence for ongoing Illinois domestic relations proceedings

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Courses Taught: Introduction to Legal Study/Legal Research/Legal Writing, LLM/MJ Thesis/Capstone Project (for MJ in Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management, LLM/MJ in Health Law)• Developed, regularly updated, and taught course curriculum materials including course descriptions, syllabi, course rubrics, course sites, and lesson plans for online adjunct faculty• Recruited, supervised, and scheduled adjunct faculty for online courses• Scheduled online courses and liaised with Registrar and other departments as needed for scheduling, faculty and student progress• Served as liaison to online adjunct faculty including maintaining hiring documentation and payroll, providing annual reviews to adjunct faculty, updating faculty handbook and policies, providing course resources as needed, and answering any faculty/student questions/feedback• Reviewed and provided feedback for adjunct professors regarding submitted student assignments • Oversaw and monitored student enrollment, track faculty expertise, and advise on appropriate pairing of faculty experts with student topics• Organized and ran capstone and thesis project topic workshops to brainstorm ideas and resources for final projects

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Taught Legal Writing I and Legal Writing II to first-year law students- Helped develop students' legal writing and analysis skills

Greater Chicago Area

• Represented and advocated for clients in contested court hearings, trials, and statuses in high net worth divorce, child support, and allocation of parental responsibilities cases (Lake, Kane, DuPage, Will, and Cook Counties)• Acted as first and second chair for family law trials and hearings (prepared and organized all exhibits and pre-trial motions, stipulations, and disclosures; managed trial notebooks; drafted and filed witness testimony outlines, witness disclosures, and expert witness reports; conducted witness testimony at trial) • Prepare FinPlans, Financial Affidavits, Family Law Software reports, and discovery responses for clients• Led and participated in mediation and collaborative divorce cases• Write and negotiate Marital Settlement Agreements and Allocation Judgments• Drafted and negotiated substantive petitions, motions, Pre-nuptial and Post-nuptial Agreements, Allocation Judgments, and Marital Settlement Agreements

Greater Chicago Area

• Draft substantive motions (including Motions to Reconsider, Motions to Dismiss, and Motions for Summary Judgment) for divorce and allocation of Parental Responsibilities cases in Cook, Kane, DuPage, McHenry, and Lake Counties• Appear daily in Court on behalf of clients in family law proceedings• Prepare FinPlans, Financial Affidavits, Family Law Software reports, and discovery responses for clients• Draft Marital Settlement Agreements and Allocation Judgments for settlement purposes • Manage independent caseload of 20+ clients at a time• Write blog posts regarding current issues in family law and revisions to the IMDMA

Champaign, Illinois

• Draft substantive motions and petitions for veteran clients • Conduct legal research on various civil litigation topics (namely, landlord/tenant, family, and mortgage foreclosure law)

Chicago, Illinois

• Completed 13.3.1 Disclosure Statements for clients upon reviewing their tax returns, bank statements, option accounts, and other financial documents• Helped draft Marital Settlement Agreements for presentation to clients• Conducted extensive legal research and document review in preparation for trial

• Researched and drafted court opinions and orders on civil litigation issues• Observed and discussed issues of cases with judge

• Completed abstracts of trial proceedings and depositions• Indexed medical records for medical malpractice cases

Champaign, Il

• Researched and drafted memoranda summarizing topics in family law• Collect and analyze facts and relevant pleadings pertaining to trials and writing overall summaries for review

Greater Chicago Area

• Observed civil proceedings and wrote court opinions after discussing and analyzing issues with judge • Wrote court opinions and memos for Honorable Helaine L. Berger and Honorable David B. Atkins

• Helped prepare course materials for "Order in the Courtroom" class to teach 10- to 12-year-olds legal concepts through fairy tales• Assisted instructor with all instruction-related tasks (leading small groups, grading assignments, set up and clean up of rooms, etc.)• Led biweekly study sessions to supplement the course material by engaging students in related learning activities• Assisted instructors with student evaluations by keeping notes on students’ performance on assignments and projects, comments during discussion, behavior, etc.

Evanston, Illinois

Description: The CIERA Astrophysics Center hosts researchers both in the areas of observational and theoretical astrophysics. CIERA holds regular seminars and lecture series on the most recent developments in astrophysics.Tasks: • Reconciled and summarized monthly budget statements for sponsored grants and non-sponsored endowments• Created and managed a shadow system to track and categorize individual grant expenses • Managed payroll processing• Managed hiring paperwork and procedures, including filing of H-1B and J-1 visa paperwork

Description: CARPLS is a legal aid service that offers advice to the everyday problems confronting low-income residents of Cook County through its Legal Aid Hotline and court-based Advice Desks.Tasks:• Conducted research project on the demand for legal services in the greater Chicago area• Performed client intake for legal service help desks• Acted as a translator for client-attorney interactions

Description: RCB serves as an advisory group for the eleven residential colleges at Northwestern University. The club organizes at least three RC-wide events per quarter and acts as a voice for the 1,300 students living in the residential colleges to the rest of the Northwestern community and administration.Tasks:• Facilitated communication between Residential College presidents and RCB executive board• Helped organize academic, social, and philanthropic events for all of the residential colleges• Acted as the board’s liaison to discuss and develop policies concerning student and campus-wide issues with Northwestern faculty and administration

Description: AABA is a bar association dedicated to represent the interests of thousands of Asian-American legal professionals and community members.Tasks:• Updated and managed contacts database of members• Organized and managed group listserv lists through Constant Contact• Conducted client intake for the CVLS Chinatown Pro Bono Legal Clinic

J.D., Magna Cum Laude

• Marguerite L. Rickert Award for Legal Writing (Top 8 in Class in Legal Writing) • Marguerite L. Rickert Award for Service (Top 8.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) With Departmental Honors In Legal Studies, Major: Psychology, Legal Studies; Minor: International Studies (Asia Focus)

• Thesis with Distinction: "Examining the Legal Legitimacy of False Light Claims.” • Highest Order of Excellence Society Award.

Education record