Ms. Michele L. Grant

Please send e-mail to <MLG52 at drexel dot edu > for my mailing address and phone number, which I do not publish here for privacy reasons.

EDUCATION

Drexel University College of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Juris Doctor (Intellectual Property Concentration) Expected May 2009

Activities:

  • Inaugural President, American Constitution Society
  • Pro Bono Program, Domestic Violence Assistance Project

    • University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

    Bachelor of Arts, French Education, Cum Laude, 1994

    Activities:

  • Study Abroad Programs: Londong and Université de Caen (Normandy), France
  • Student Teacher at Newark (Delaware) High School
  • Dickinson Fellow (Mentor to Freshman Honors Program Students)

    • Université de Montréal, Canada

  • Archaeological Field School, Gaspé Peninsula (Québec), July 1998

    • LEGAL EXPERIENCE

    Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Legal Intern, Summer, 2008
    Will conduct legal research and contribute to policy blog at statewide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working on judicial reform, particularly the merit-based selection of state judges.

    The Honorable Allan L. Tereshko, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Legal Intern, Complex Litigation Center, Summer, 2007
    Conducted legal research and drafted opinions on issues including venue under Pennsylvania's MCARE Act and statute of limitations in a hormone replacement therapy products liability case.

    Law Offices of Daniel J. Zucker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Law Clerk, November 2006
    Legal research and writing for boutique firm on tort and insurance law. Drafted discovery requests.

    Paralegal, November 2004 - June 2006
    Drafted settlement demand letters, pleadings, medical records summaries, statements of distribution, and discovery responses. Interviewed clients. Edited memoranda, briefs, discovery requets, and office correspondence. Filed documents in federal and state courts.

    PUBLISHING, WEBSITE, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE

    Freelance Editor, July 2003 - Present
    Copy-edit materials for various clients, including a book manuscript, feature-length film screenplays, play scripts, corporate marketing materials, and a semi-annual literary magazine.

    Boutell.Com, Inc., Seattle, Washington, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Co-Founder and Treasurer, October 1995 - July 2004
    Co-owned and operated a boutique computer software business specializing in website development tools sold on the shareware model (user downloads software for limited-time free trial, must pay for permanent license before the trial period expires). Supervised employees, administered health care plan, edited marketing materials, managed website, kept accounts.

    Medio Multimedia, Inc., Redmond, Washington
    Webmaster, October 1994 - April 1995
    Designed and managed website, trained co-workers in Internet function and use, hired interns, co-wrote technical documentation, and wrote content for the website and Medio Magazine, a CD-ROM publication.

    Family Times, Wilmington, Delaware
    Web Publishing Consultant, June 1994 - October 1994
    Established Internet presence for parenting publication, which became part of Disney Online.

    SELECTED VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

    Green Party of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Meeting Facilitator, Committee Member, Newsletter Editor, January 2005 - June 2006
    Led several consensus-based general membership meetings. Co-wrote, edited, published newsletter. Participated in administration of party business as a member of the City Committee.

    United States Forest Service, Warren, Idaho
    Heritage Resources Volunteer, July 1997
    Participated in an archaeological dig in the Payette National Forest. The project sought evidence for immigrant Chinese habitation of a miner's cabin ca. 1880s.

    Northwest Women's Law Center, Seattle, Washington
    Office Assistant, December, 1995 - June, 2001
    Performed administrative support, including general office work and the Y2K transition, at a nonprofit organization that advances legal rights for women through impact litigation and outreach.

    SKILLS AND INTERESTS

  • Screened a short experimental film in the 13th Philadelphia Film Festival (2004)
  • Volunteer for Festival of Independents cabaret (2004 - present)
  • Judge for 48 Hour Film Project (2004)
  • Enjoy screenwriting, film criticism, digital and hand-splice editing, and working on local independent film productions.
  • Near fluency in French. Enjoy travel in Québec. Translated Sartre's Huis Clos (No Exit) into English for a proposed fringe theater production (2003).
  • Have participated in academic archaeological digs, both historic and pre-historic.
    References available upon request.

    02 April 2008
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