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Timothy A. Delaune
17 Webster Court
Amherst, MA 01002
aboz6n@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
PhD candidate in Political Science (ABD), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 2005
to Present
Dissertation: Democratizing the Criminal: Jury Nullification as Exercise of Sovereign
Discretion over the Friend-Enemy Distinction, defense anticipated spring 2012 (committee
members Nicholas Xenos, Joan Cocks, Gary Malaney and Lawrence Lessig)
Qualifying Fields: International Relations and Historical Political Theory
Research Interests: international law, norms and state behavior, theories of sovereignty
and the state, nonstate actors, political geography, democratic theory, alternatives to
the state
MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA May 2005
Thesis: Imagined Nations: Toward a Functional Approach to the Future of International
Relations
Recipient, West Publishing Law Prize, 2005
JD with honors, The University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL June 1996
Unpublished Comment: Leggo My Eggo.com: Internet Addresses as Trademark Infringements
Production Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review, 1995-96
Staff Member, The University of Chicago Law Review, 1994-95
AB, Government, magna cum laude, Georgetown University, Washington, DC May 1993
Honors Thesis: The U.S. Government as Patron of the Arts: The Precarious Position of the
NEA
Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society), Pi Sigma Alpha
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
Politics 247: International Law, Spring 2011, Visiting Instructor
Politics 349: International Organization, Spring 2011, Visiting Instructor
Politics 247: International Law, Fall 2010, Visiting Instructor
Politics 391(2): Ideas of Good and Evil, Fall 2010, Visiting Instructor
Politics 219: World Legal Traditions, Fall 2010, Visiting Instructor
Politics 205: International Organization, Spring 2009, Visiting Instructor
Politics 355: Comparative Legal Systems, Spring 2009, Visiting Instructor
Politics 247: International Law, Fall 2008, Visiting Instructor
Politics 391
Delaune, Timothy A. Democracy and the Criminal: How US Law Transforms Criminals into
Political Enemies. Northeastern Political Science Association 2007 Conference,
Philadelphia, PA, 15 November 2007.
Delaune, Timothy A. Looting and the Law of Necessity: Renaturalizing Human Behavior in
Disasters. The Death of New Orleans: An Exercise in Political Thought. Yale University,
New Haven, CT, 4 November 2006.
Delaune, Timothy A. The Free Town of Christiania: Endangered Experiment in Radical Self-
Government. Experimentations: German and Scandinavian Studies. University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 19 February 2006.
INVITED TALKS
Lecture Series for Grand Edventures on Common Law, Civil Law, Islamic Law and Emerging
Legal Traditions, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 23 and 26-28 July 2010.
The Nomos of the High Seas: What Carl Schmitt s Theories of International Law and the
State Tell Us about Somali Pirates, departmental colloquium presentation, University of
Massachusetts Amherst legal studies department, 11 February 2010
Myths and Realities of Law School and Legal Practice, presentation at the Career
Development Center, Mt. Holyoke College, 5 November 2008
Guest lecture on current research, Political Science 192S: Talent Advancement Program
Seminar, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 13 May 2008
Guest lecture on the judiciary branch, Political Science 101: American Politics
(Professor Ray LaRaja), University of Massachusetts Amherst, 4 April 2007
Looting and the Law of Necessity, departmental colloquium presentation, University of
Massachusetts Amherst political science department, October 2006
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
University Of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Legal Studies Fellowship, 2009-10 $14,000
University Online Fellowship, 2006-07 $5,000
University of Massachusetts Graduate School Fellowship, 2005-06 $10,000RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Tufts University Medford, MA
Research Assistant to Professor Antonia Chayes, Spring 2005. Researched US ratification
of international treaties.
The University Of Chicago Law School Chicago, IL
Research Assistant to Professor Dan Kahan, June 1994 to June 1995. Researched application
of principle of lenity in U.S. criminal cases, and effectiveness of public shaming in
deterring criminal behavior.
Research Assistant to Professor Lawrence Lessig, Spring 1994. Assisted with coding and
data entry of US Supreme Court decisions.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Foley Hoag, LLP Boston, MA
Intellectual Property Transactions Associate, November 1999 to December 2002. Negotiated
and drafted multi-million dollar contracts for the license, protection, sale and
acquisition of intellectual property on behalf of corporate clients. Negotiated and
drafted numerous software license, joint venture, alliance and consulting services
agreements for international consulting and accounting firms.
Orr & Reno, PA Concord, NH
Litigation and General Practice Associate, August 1996 to November 1999
;
Summer
Associate, June 1995 to August 1995. Served as general practice litigation attorney with
specializations in employment law, intellectual property and technology law, and family
law. Argued cases before state and federal judges, and drafted sections of briefs on
public health and hospital administrative matters before the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Presented at seminars for attorneys and business leaders on current legal issues in
employment and intellectual property law.
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Brick House Concord, NH
Band Manager, October 1998 to May 1999Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Managing Editor, The HOYA, Georgetown University s Newspaper of Record, Spring 1993
Entertainment Editor, The HOYA, Georgetown University s Newspaper of Record, Spring 1992
to Fall 1992
Us General Services Administration Washington, DC
Reader and personal assistant to blind federal employee, May 1991 to August 1992, May to
September 1993
The Washington Post Washington, DC
Copy Aide, September 1992 to May 1993
The Honorable Jim Bacchus, MC Washington, DC
Congressional Intern, January 1991 to May 1991
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Supervisor of independent study research paper on treatment of professional degrees and
licenses as marital property in divorce law for Mt. Holyoke undergraduate, Fall 2008,
South Hadley, MA
Organized first-in-series lecture event, Here I Stand, at which students and faculty in
the department present work, research, and opinions on topical political issues.
Graduate Student Representative, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2007 to 2008,
University of MassachusettsAmherst Political Science Department
Trustee,
Echo Hill Townhouse Condominium Trust
Graduate Student Representative, Search Committee for Multiple Faculty Intersubfield
Hiring Initiative, 2006-07, University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Science
Department
Supervisor of independent study research paper on international human rights law and
NAFTA for University of Massachusetts undergraduate, Spring 2007, Amherst, MA
Student Representative, Search Committee for Professor of International Politics, 2003-
04, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Writing coach to at-risk 8th grade student,
Citizen Schools 8th Grade Academy, 2001 to
2002, Boston, MA
Georgetown University alumni admissions interviewer,
1999 to 2002, Concord, NH and
Boston, MA
Kimball-Jenkins Estate, Board of Trustees member, 1997 to 1999, Concord, NH
Second Start at-risk youth and adult literacy program, member, Board of Directors,
Finance and Technology Committees,
1997 to 1999, Concord, NH
Street Law high school teaching program, 1993 to 1995, Chicago, IL
SKILLS
Languages:
Working knowledge of written and spoken German
Computer:
Hardware: IBM PC and compatible, Apple Macintosh
Software: Microsoft Office suite, WordPerfect, Pagemaker, various desktop publishing
software
AFFILIATIONS
New Hampshire Bar Association, 1996 to present
Massachusetts Bar Association, 2000 to present
American Political Science Association, 2006 to present
University of Massachusetts Political Science Graduate Students Association, 2006 to
present
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