EDEN MAE E. GALAS
****.*******@*****.***
Enthusiastic and eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in the legal profession.
SKILLS
Excellent in:
Legal Research
Court Transcription
Confidentiality
Administrative support
Document filing
Proficient in using MS Office
Very Good in:
Preparing correspondence and
documents
Updating records
Reporting and documentation
EXPERIENCES
Senior Paralegal 1/2020—05/2020
Philippine Movement for Climate Justice — Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Prepared fact sheets and case briefs for the staff and retained counsel on issues taken on by the organization.
Wrote letters of requests for information, dialogue and documents addressed to government agencies and instrumentalities.
Accompanied retained counsel in inquest proceedings.
Gave paralegal training involving legal remedies applying Environmental Rules of Procedure.
Helped in drafting a proposed ordinance for creation of a city regulatory council.
In charge of incoming mails and letters regarding active cases and legal matters of the organization.
Maintained, organized and updated files, status reports and records to support effi- cient operations
Court Intern 05/2018—06/2018
Regional Trial Court, Branch 12 — Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Assisted and helped in preparing court records of cases to be forwarded to the Court of Appeals.
Tasked to enter details of new cases in case docket books.
Helped in getting court orders signed and received by parties.
In charge of responding to in-person and telephone inquiries and requests for information of counsels, parties to the case and the general public regarding court appearances, trial dates and judicial procedures.
Intern 05/2017—06/2017
Atty. Mary Catherine A. Alvarez — Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Assisted in preparing and giving lectures and practical exercises regarding criminal procedures to detention prisoners and jail guards.
Participated and administered a court monitoring study.
Visited jails to talk to and interview detention prisoners.
Assisted in following up cases of detention prisoners — taking down notes of updates in courts.
Intern 04/2013—05/2013
Provincial Planning and Development Office — Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines
Assisted in preparing and encoding data for each Municipalities as well as updating existing files.
Helped in encoding data for land use plans of each Municipality, their proposed updates
Attended and accompanied PPDO Officers to presentations of proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plans of Municipalities.
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH - LEARNED
FILIPINO - LEARNED
BISAYA - LEARNED
HILIGAYNON - NATIVE SPEAKER
KARAY-A - PRIMARY LANGUAGE
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor with Thesis: Minor in International Law Practice 06/2019 University of San Carlos — Cebu City, Central Visayas
Thesis: BITs and Pieces: A study on Indirect Expropriation and corresponding legal issues affecting Foreign Investments in the Philippines.
Member, Center for Legal Aid Work (USC CLAW)
Member. USC Bar Operations
Bachelor of Arts: Political Science 06/2019
University of the Philippines — Miag-ao, Western Visayas
Awarded College Scholar
Member, UPV Redbolts
Member, UPV Discursus
REFERENCES
Atty. Jose Glenn Capanas
Address: USC School of Law and Governance Bldg., Pelaez St., Cebu City 6000 Email: ************@*****.***
Phone: +639*********
Atty. Mary Catherine Alvarez
Address: USC Main Campus, P. del Rosario St., Cebu City 6000 Email: *******.*******@*****.***
Phone: +639*********