Paralegal

Lisa Scalone

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EDUCATION

The George Washington University Law School Jan. – Dec. 2022 LL.M. in International Arbitration/Litigation Washington, DC Gold Medal recipient for GW’s law school Pro bono Scholar program 2022-2023. Paris X Nanterre University September 2021

Trilingual Master 2 in International Business Law (EN/FR/SP) Nanterre, France Activities: Oralist for Claimant’s merits in the Willem C. Vis Moot Contest, selected out of 18 students. Head of Alumni Department for the Master 2 Organization. Nantes University Law School July 2019

Trilingual Master 1 of Laws and Languages (EN/FR/SP) Nantes, France Semester abroad, Spring 2019: Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Selected out of 30 students.

University of South Brittany Law School July 2018

Bachelor of Law Vannes, France

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year of Law school abroad/Erasmus Program, 2017-2018: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain. Selected out of 70 students.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) Aug. – Nov. 2022 Legal Extern New York City

● Researched and drafted a legal memorandum on the legal grounds for New York judges to compel parties to pay for Parent Education Awareness Program’s fees.

● Followed a preparation program at the beginning of the externship on mediation and court-referred mediation programs knowledge.

● Attended a virtual commercial court hearing and a continued legal education program on advanced commercial training.

● Wrote an article on the diversity of mediators in New York State Courts’ rosters. Shirlington Education and Employment Center June 2022 – Present Pro Bono Paralegal Arlington, Virginia

● Handled in Spanish the mediation of a labor law case, in the context of an oral work contract where the employee’s salary was being upheld by the employer.

● Handled several administrative/legal requests from clients in business law, such as helping pay a corporation’s annual tax, explaining the step-by-step incorporation of an LLC, and obtaining a basic business license in Washington DC.

● Handled several administrative/legal requests from clients in family and healthcare law, such as obtaining divorce certificates, helping to file for Medicare and several food assistance programs, and filling in a change of motion venue in immigration law. Charles Russel Speechlys LLP June – Sept. 2021

Legal Intern Paris, France

● Researched and drafted legal memoranda on France’s annulment system of arbitral awards, and French arbitrators’ conflicts of interest for English clients.

● Summarized and analyzed the new CMAP’s (“Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris”) arbitral rules to advise clients on upcoming cases. Bourayne & Preissl Law Firm Sept. 2019 – Feb. 2020 Legal Intern Paris, France

● Analyzed corporate documents and drafted legal documents evaluating the merits of cross-border European bankruptcy cases and other business law disputes.

● Conducted detailed reviews of legal memoranda regarding consumer law for French luxury retail brands and redacted confidential information. Southeast Louisiana Legal Services June 2019

Pro Bono Law Clerk Baton Rouge, LA

● Researched and drafted a memorandum highlighting the implementation of Trusts in Louisiana’s civil law system and the “Long Arm Statute”.

● Interviewed and communicated with clients to gather necessary information for the advancement of their cases and reported said information to the law firm’s partners. Professor Olivier Moréteau, LSU March - June 2019

Research Assistant Baton Rouge, LA

● "The Words of Comparative Law" Prof. O. Moréteau (2019 6:2 JICL 183–208) Conducted in-depth research using a variety of different legal sources such as treatises and law review articles.

LANGUAGES

French (Fluent), English (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent), Italian (Intermediate) HONORS & AWARDS

Gold Medal recipient for The George Washington law school Pro bono Scholar program in 2022- 2023.

George Washington Law Merit Scholarship recipient for the LLM program at The George Washington University Law School in 2022.

Full scholarship for the exchange semester program at Louisiana State University in 2019. Full scholarship for the Erasmus exchange program to the Universidad de Oviedo in 2017-2018. ACTIVITIES

From 2017 to the present, I worked several additional jobs to pay for my studies for example: language professor, administrative assistant, and luxury brand salesperson.

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