Melanie Somberg Spaulding

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Pattersonville, NY 12137

518-***-****

acb0yz@r.postjobfree.com

Education

University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, J.D., 2013.

GPA: 3.31. Activities: Managing Editor, Connecticut Public Interest Law

Journal, 2012-2013; Vice President; Student Animal Legal Defense Fund,

2011-2012; Member, Women Law Students' Association, 2010-2013; Member,

Public Interest Law Group, 2010-2013.

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 2009, GPA: 3.46.

Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors, English literature major with

Russian language minor.

Work Experience

Schenectady County Community College, Professional Tutor, Schenectady N.Y.,

Fall 2013. Tutoring students in Business Law, Criminal Law, Legal

Research, American Law, and Administrative Law.

New York Civil Liberties Union, Albany N.Y., Summer 2012. Assisted staff

attorneys lobbying the New York State Legislature regarding NYCLU

initiatives; conducted interviews for case intake.

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Albany N.Y., Summer 2011.

Assisted attorneys with administering the food stamp program including

phone and in-person interviews with Legal Aid clients; helped conduct

meetings for Legal Aid foreclosure education program.

AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America, Green Project Leader,

YouthBuild USA, Schenectady, N.Y., 2009-2010. Created and taught

curriculum on climate change, renewable energy resources, and green jobs

for YouthBuild students; implemented recycling program for Northeast

Parent and Child Society facility; established business and political

contacts in the community for future YouthBuild projects; created a

weatherization program for YouthBuild graduates.

Circulation Assistant, University of Connecticut Law Library, Hartford CT,

2010-2013.

Assisted students, professors, and the public with the reserve section

and general circulation; participated in project for updating library

records.

Circulation Assistant, McCabe Library, Swarthmore, PA, 2005-2009.

Assisted students and professors with reference and research issues;

assisted with library acquisitions; trained new employees at the

circulation/reserve desk.

Honors and Awards

CALI Excellence Award for Class Performance in Sexuality, Gender and the

Law, University of Connecticut, Fall 2012.

Ellen Ash Peters Prize Award Scholarship: Full tuition scholarship and

stipend, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2010-2013.

Marcia Cook Scholarship: Academic merit scholarship, Swarthmore College,

2008-2009.

Elizabeth Cox Wright Scholarship: English Department academic merit

scholarship, Swarthmore College 2008-2009.

Giles K. '72 and Barbara Guss Kemp Summer Research Fellowship: Conducted

research on Swarthmore College senior honor's thesis in the Library

of Congress and the Berg and Pforzheimer Collections in the New York

Public Library, Summer 2008.

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