Assistant Project
Resume:
Melanie Somberg Spaulding
Pattersonville, NY 12137
*********@*****.***
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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