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• Researching ICC issues in the U.S.
o Monitored situations in Darfur and Central African Republic
o Monitored US presidential candidates regarding ICC position
o Monitored media for ICC related articles and writings

• Writing projects related to the ICC
o Profile of Jean-Pierre Bemba
o Profile of recent developments concerning the crime of aggression
o Articles for the Interdependent (UNA-USA publication) regarding Bemba, Lubanga and Bashir, Fall 2008
o Brief intended for Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force regarding US participation with the ICC
o Response to criticisms of ICC Prosecutor intended for AMICC alliance members

• Attended events related to the ICC in New York
o Assembly of States Parties Meeting June 2-6, 2008
o United Nations University Conferences on Genocide
o United Nations Commemoration of 10th Anniversary of the Rome Statute
o American Bar Association Annual Meeting

Shawnee County District Court, Topeka, Kansas
Law Clerk August 2007-May 2008
• Researched civil and criminal legal issues
• Wrote memoranda and orders at the direction of the judiciary
• Interacted with judges and court personnel; observed court proceedings

• Researched legal questions relevant to Missouri criminal law
• Assisted with trial preparation and drafting of briefs
• Observed attorneys in court

• Thesis Topic: Models for Setting up the European Public Prosecutor’s Office: Determining Competences and Standards
• Participant in the Women’s Human Rights Clinic with Cornelis Flinterman, Representative to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

• International and Comparative Law Certificate
• Family Law Quarterly, Student Editor 2007-2008
• American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, Student Coordinator 2007-2008

• Major: History Minors: Political Science, Global Studies
• Ruth Bamberger Award for History and Political Science 2005
• Pi Alpha Theta History Honor Society 2004-2005
• Zeta Tau Alpha Social Fraternity 2002-2005
• Worked part-time while graduating in 3½ years.