Benjamin Beach

Hampshire College; *** West Street (Box 81), Amherst, MA 01002.

**** *** *******, ********, ** 96007.

530-***-****; zjy7ms@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

● Follett Corporation: Managing Key Closer of the Hampshire College Bookstore; 2010-

2011.

● Law Office of Jeffrey Schwartz: Intern/Paralegal; researched two life-sentence

appeals, traveled across California, interviewed extended family, entered level four

Supermax facility (made successful arguments to prison litigator), held attorney-client

privilege, supported office staff, cultivated client dossiers, summarized over 3,000 pages

of transcript for Humboldt County attorney Jeffrey Schwartz, esq. http://

www.humboldtdefense.com/. Summer Internship 2010.

● Massachusetts Audubon Society Camp Wildwood: Counselor/Lifeguard (temporary

Waterfront Director); managed a core group of twenty fourteen-year-olds at a time,

facilitated activities, received first-aid training, facilitated/managed waterfront, studied

government (in a fashion). Summers 2008 & 2009.

● Starbucks Coffee Company: Barista; Aug. 2007-Jan.2009.

● Volunteer; Shasta County Youth/Violence Prevention Council (Youth/Peer Court)

: Teen Defense Counsel (2003-2007)/Office Volunteer (2010); [2003-2007] mitigated

juvenile misdemeanors under a barred couch-attorney, read affidavits/police reports,

stipulated, made arguments, presented evidence, questioned witnesses, served on

master juries, camp counseled youth drug-awareness camp; [2010] digitized filing

cabinets detailing many years of offenses and dispositions, instructed/counseled teen

juries. (2003-2010)

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Undergraduate: Hampshire College [Five College]1, Researching Senior Thesis;

Graduation May 2012.

S10 Studied Abroad: University of Edinburgh (Law/Penology) [*Prospective Postgrad]

AVAILABLE:

July 2012-July 2013

1 While at Hampshire, I enrolled in courses at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College,

and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. I’ve also completed graduate and honors courses at

UMass.