VITA

Arthur A. Smith

*** ***** **** ****

P.O. Box 88

Roxbury, VT 05669

802-***-****-H

860-***-****-C

ad1sra@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana. Juris Doctor

Certificate of honor, in recognition of course honors in Race Relations and the Law. Certificate of completion of legal training at Hua Dong Zheng Fa Xue Yuan, the East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Master of Arts

Asian Studies degree with coursework in Advanced Modern Chinese, Introduction to Classical Chinese, and Modern Japanese language.

Thesis: "Environmental Control in the People's Republic of China: Reciprocity and Community Values"

(Comparative Public Policy with guidance from Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elinor Ostrom) Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarship Recipient (FLAS). Bachelor of Arts

Psychology (major), Sociology (minor)

Indiana University Founder's Day Honors Recipient. RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT

Remote Immigration Consulting Practice, August 1, 2018-to present. Homebased virtual office (Admitted into Vermont Practice March 31, 2022)

Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women. grant recipient coordinator for Elder Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation with community/state interventions: training law enforcement, prosecutors and the judiciary; outreach investigating and identifying victim/survivors; facilitating Restorative Justice forums of conflict resolution for the abused elder; and grant writing for the financing of elder safe housing development, in a shared housing model. Vermont Adult Protective Services Advisory Panel participant. Office in White River Junction, Vermont, August 5, 2019- May 7, 2021.

Civil Rights Practice, representing claims of discrimination in Education and Employment settings and Immigration Law Practice, 28 Grand Street, Hartford, Connecticut. Immigration Practice: Permanent Residency Visas ("Green Cards"), Temporary Visas, including but not limited to F-1, J-1, representation at USCIS Interviews, asylum law representation and litigation, and self-petitions for abused spouses. With the Education Law Project, Inc., (housed with the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics), 104 Hungerford Street, Hartford, CT, state- wide not-for-profit pilot project, representing students with special needs on civil rights claims and statutory entitlements. March 2, 1992-July 6, 2018.

Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty for Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut. Asian Americans and the Law, course development, through the Course and Curriculum Committee, examining the legal context of Executive power in the internment of Japanese Americans, course available for offering beginning Fall 2004, appointment letter March 22, 2004.

State of Connecticut Juvenile Matters appointed attorney, 25 School Street, Vernon, CT. Clerk of the Court Katrina Fletcher, Katrina. ad1sra@r.postjobfree.com 860-***-****) October 1992-August 23,2007. Poverty Law Practice, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. formerly of Middletown, Connecticut 860-***-****, under state contract to advocate for protected class, Mansfield Training School Consent Decree beneficiaries, for supported community living and employment. June, 1990- December, 1992. Office of the Attorney General, Public Security Division, Connecticut State Police, law student intern. Responsibilities include: legislative research, statutory drafting, policy drafting and legal writing. Summer, 1989. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS PAST AND PRESENT: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Employment Law Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association Education Law Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association Special Education Advocacy Network

PAST PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

“Undocumented Children at the Border: Obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status” Presentation for the Special Education Advocacy Network.

Teaching English and Civics for Naturalization Test in Norwich Haitian Community, Family Church of God, Norwich, CT.

GLAD, LGBTQ referral attorney, current.

Special Education Advocacy Network, member and participant. Member of the Juvenile Delinquent and Learning Disabled-First Offender Program under the direction of the Honorable Judge Thelma Santos.

Legal Observer for National Lawyers Guild.

ReCONNstruction Center, Inc., recycling building material warehouse for urban re-development volunteer. (former volunteer, Executive Director, and board member).

International Institute of Connecticut, pro bono asylum referral attorney. Presentation to the Connecticut Legislative Sub-Committee on Education-advocating for consistency between Federal and State statutory language.

“Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Good Practice Pointers for Lawyers” National Lawyers Guild Presentation, Roger Williams University School of Law.

"Reaching Students Who Are Seriously Emotionally Disturbed." Presentation to the Young Adult Institute Conference.

"Ethics in Education Law," Presentation to the Connecticut Bar Association.” (Presentation with Connecticut Legal Services Director and Connecticut Bar Association Ethics Committee Chair, Attorney Norman Janes)

"Guns in Our Schools: What is a Gun?" Presentation to the Special Education Advocacy Network (S.E.A.N.)

"The Use of Injunctive Relief in Education Law Cases." Presentation to the S.E.A.N. Member of the Windham Alternative Sentencing Bureau. AIDS taskforce of Windham, member and outside reader for the proposed AIDS curriculum K-12. Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED: Re-certification 2019 Justice of the Peace, Town of Roxbury, Vermont.

Board of Civil Authority Member.

Roxbury Food Bank Volunteer, current.

Roxbury Volunteer Firefighter, current.

Roxbury Town Auditor, current