Widener University School of Law, 2012 JESSUP International Law Moot Court Competition

· Chair, organized the team structure, orchestrated a try-out competition, recruited and coordinated a team of faculty coaches and advisors to assist the team.

· Competitor, assisted the team in research, forming arguments and writing the written memorial. Will argue at the competition in February of 2012 in Washington, D.C.

· Of Counsel Competitor, will also serve as the ‘Of Counsel’ during the Competition in forming rebuttal arguments.

October, 2011 Invitee, 2011 UN Day, “Nuclear Disarmament: A Compass Point for Progress and Accountability”

· Invited by Professor Jonathan Granoff to attend a high-level, small discussion that served as a pre-prepatory meeting to discuss the best way to achieve complete, global nuclear disarmament: e.g. a comprehensive ban on use, possession, manufacture, or testing; or a framework of agreements leading to eventual disarmament.

· The keynote speech was given by UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki-Moon, and among the notable speakers were U.S. Ambassador Robert Gray, Jr., U.S. Ambassador James Goodby, U.S. Ambassador Richard Butler, and President of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference Jayantha Dhanapala.

· At a workshop titled “Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework of Agreements: Exploring Proposals for Nuclear Disarmament,” a further, smaller discussion took place among the delegates and civil society representatives at the Permanent Swiss Mission to the United Nations. At this workshop, I made a comment to the lawyers, civil society representatives and policy-makers in the nuclear disarmament field, in attendance, to reach out to law students around the globe, who will be willing to help with the cause, for assistance.

· Invited to attend a reception at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations

Summer, 2011 Project Fellow, International Court of Justice Jurisdiction Project, New York, NY

· Worked with two other interns in developing a plan to implement an idea created by Distinguished Professor Andrew Strauss to broaden the Advisory Jurisdiction for the International Court of Justice.

· Worked with Managing Directors of multi-national NGOs, in particular the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy; and met with Legal Advisors for Permanent Missions to the United Nations.

· Website available at: www.icjproject.org

Oct. 2010 – Feb., 2011 Competitor, Widener University School of Law, 2011 JESSUP International Law Moot Court Competition

· Competed, through a written and oral competition, in the Mid-East Qualifier round. JESSUP is the largest moot court competition in the world.

Fall, 2010-Present Member, Widener University School of Law, International Law Society (ILS)

· Fall, 2010-Present, was a participating member

· Ran for and was awarded the office of President of the ILS for 2011-2012 year.

· Ran for and was awarded the position of JESSUP Chair for the 2012 JESSUP International Law Moot Court Competition

June -July, 2010 Widener University School of Law, 2010 Summer Abroad Program, Africa

· Studied comparative constitutional and environmental law at the University of Nairobi Law School in Kenya. Also studied the region’s culture and learned basic Swahili.

· Climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,895 m (19,341 ft).

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