ANDREA LAYNE STACKHOUSE

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615-***-****

EDUCATION

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Louisiana, graduated May 2010

Juris Doctor Degree, Common Law Division, Class Rank: Top 15% G.P.A.: 3.32

Honors and Activities:

Vienna Summer Legal Studies Program, Summer 2008

Earned the highest grade in Communications Law, Fall 2008

Loyola Law Clinic Student Practitioner, Workplace Justice

Project, Fall- Spring 2009-2010

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism, May 2007

G.P.A.: 3.77, graduated Magna Cum Laude

Honors and Activities:

Award of Excellence Scholarship, August 2003- May 2007

Elizabeth-Buford Essay Contest Scholarship, August 2003- May

2007

Honors Scholarship, 2005- 2006

Journalism Scholarship, 2006- 2007

College Heights Herald Features Reporter, August 2005- May 2006

Police reporter, August 2006- January 2007

Features Editor, January 2007- May 2007

Peer-Assisted Study Session Leader, August 2005- May 2006

LEGAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Law Clerk at Graham, Arceneaux & Allen, specializing in bankruptcy and real

estate foreclosures, Summer 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana

Researched and analyzed specific legal issues, wrote memos answering

legal questions, worked on deed preparation and real estate

foreclosure referrals, provided daily assistance to firm's attorneys

and other office assistants.

Law Clerk at the Law Office of Shelley Hammond Provosty, July 2009-April

2010, New Orleans, Louisiana

Researched and analyzed issues in complex insurance defense case,

wrote legal memos, summarized factual and technical depositions,

prepared documents to enter into Court and send to client, worked

closely with Attorney Shelley Provosty.

Loyola Law Clinic Student Practitioner, Workplace Justice Project, under

Professor/Attorney Luz Molina & Attorney Vanessa Spinazola, Fall-Spring

2009-2010, New Orleans, Louisiana

Handled 5+ cases, including a national origin discrimination case-

handled all discovery both to and from Defendants, including

depositions; wrote legal briefs, including a motion to compel discovery

and reply briefs to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, filed in the

Federal District Court of Louisiana; informed and prepared client for

court appearances, discovery, etc.; conducted an oral argument in front

of a Federal District Court Judge; handled all other aspects of the case

upon my entrance into the Law Clinic, including file maintenance,

communication with Defendants' counsel, and in-depth legal analysis

into the legal and factual issues at hand.

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