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SAMPLE RESUME #10: SECOND-YEAR TRANSFER STUDENT
GEORGE JACKSON
645 Ellsworth Avenue • New Haven, CT 06511 • (203) 782-2634 • george.jackson@yale.edu
EDUCATION
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
J.D. expected, June 2015
Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
J.D. candidate, transferred after first year, 2012-2013
Rank:
2/150
Honors:
Vermont Law Review, selected for membership based on first-year grades
Moot Court Competition, Finalist
American Jurisprudence Book Award for Constitutional Law
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
M.A., History, May 2010
A.B., summa cum laude, Asian Studies, June 2009
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa
Wilson Prize in Asian Studies
Activities:
University of Colorado Marching Band
Sigma Nu Fraternity, President
EXPERIENCE
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Washington, D.C.
Summer 2013
Legal Intern. Researched and drafted briefs and memoranda on 11th Amendment issues.
Assisted at depositions and in trial preparation by participating in strategy sessions, interviewing potential
witnesses, drafting witness statements and organizing deposition and trial exhibits.
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2010 - 2012
Adjunct Professor of History. Taught history courses at all levels, from freshman survey of world history to
graduate seminars. Conducted weekly small group seminars for students. Supervised graduate students’ thesis
work and dissertations. Counseled graduate students seeking employment. Conducted independent research and
wrote numerous papers and articles on the effects of war in Southeast Asia.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Wrote numerous articles published in national and international journals. Presented two papers at national
conferences.
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Russian. Enjoy Golf.
Yale Law Scho o l Career Develo pment Office
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