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EDUCATION

Washington

University

School

of

Law,

St.

Louis,

MO,

USA

Juris

Doctor

(JD),

May

2014

LLM

in

US

Law,

May

2012

Honors

&

Activities:

Earned

one

of

top

5

highest

grades

in

Introduction

to

U.S.

law

!

Recipient

of

Excellence

For

The

Future

Award

!

Featured

in

Civil

Procedure

video

for

Washington

University’s

Online

LLM

Program

!

Intellectual

Property

and

Nonprofit

Organizations

Legal

Clinic

Candidate,

Spring

2014

!

University

of

Economics

and

Business,

School

of

Law,

P.

R.

of

China

Bachelor

of

Laws,

May

2007

Honors

&

Activities:

Awarded

second

highest

student

scholarships

from

2009

to

2011

!

Director

of

Academic

Department

of

Law

School

!

Supervised

members

of

the

10-

person

debate

team

!

Organizer

of

Law

School

Moot

Court

!

Provided

free

legal

advice

to

the

community

!

Organized

off-

campus

propaganda

events

to

enhance

legal

consciousness

of

the

public

!

LEGAL

EXPERIENCE

The

Intellectual

Property

&

Nonprofit

Organization

Legal

Clinic,

Washington

University

in

St.

Louis,

MO,

USA

Student

Attorney

(Spring

2014)

Worked

with

IP

counsel

and

provided

early

stage

legal

advice

regarding

to

patent/trademark/copyright

issues

to

innovators;

Conducted

trademark

and

patent

research

and

drafted

legal

opinions;

Drafted

corporation

documents

including

bylaws

and

policies;

Applied

501(c)(3)

tax-

exempt

status

for

nonprofit

organizations.

The

22nd

Judicial

Circuit

Court

of

Missouri,

St.

Louis,

MO,

USA

Law

Clerk

for

Hon.

STEVEN

H.

OHMER

(Spring

2011

&

Summer

2013)

Conducted

legal

research

in

various

civil

and

criminal

matters;

wrote

court

opinions

for

the

Judge;

participated

in

judicial

conferences

with

attorneys;

attended

judicial

meetings;

observed

numerous

trials

and

hearings.

People’s

Court

of

Xicheng

District,

Beijing,

China

Law

Clerk

(Summer

2009)

Reviewed

and

analyzed

cases

with

the

Judge;

participated

in

the

enforcement

of

court

orders

at

Executive

Tribunal;

converted

paper

documents

into

electronic

files.

Wis

&

Weals

Law

Firm,

Beijing,

China

Paralegal

(Summer

2008)

Researched

Intellectual

Property

statutory

laws

and

wrote

legal

memoranda

to

senior

attorneys;

conducted

client

intake

interviews

and

communicated

with

clients

concerning

the

status

of

their

cases;

managed

and

filed

all

cases

and

related

documents;

translated

contracts

between

English

and

Chinese

(and

vice

versa);

participated

in

negotiations

between

attorneys

and

opposing

parties.

OTHER

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

TEREX

Corporation,

Beijing

Office,

China

Financial

Assistant

(Winter

2009

&

Winter

2010)

Managed

and

filed

all

accounting

documents

for

seven

quarters;

cooperated

with

local

taxation

bureau;

reported

directly

to

the

CFO

of

Greater

China

Group

SKILLS

Language:

Native

in

Mandarin;

Fluent

in

English

Certificate:

Certificate

of

Accounting

Professional

(China)

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