Jamie Yoo Duke University — 415-294-1551 — jamie.yoo@duke.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC

Juris Doctor, expected May 2013

Activities:         Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society, Board Member

Public Interest Law Fund, Board Member

Guardian Ad Litem, Court Appointed Special Advocate

Innocence Project, Decision Making Team Member

Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Project, Southern Justice Spring Break Law Clerk

Duke University Gender Violence Prevention and Intervention Task Force, Member

 

California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA

Master of Science in Educational Technology, June 2009

 

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Political Science, May 2006

Activities:         Computer Science Departmental Student Advisory Committee, Elected Member

                        Google, Student Ambassador

                        Yale Daily News, Photographer and Reporter

 

EXPERIENCE

 

National Center for Youth Law, Oakland, CA                                                  May 2011 – Aug 2011

Law Clerk.  Researched and wrote legal memoranda for ongoing child welfare class action litigation in Washington and Nevada.  Attended strategy meetings, settlement conferences and mediation meetings.

 

Family Violence Law Center, Oakland, CA                                                      Mar 2010 – Aug 2010

Intake Volunteer.  Interviewed, counseled and referred clients needing domestic violence victim services.

 

Touchstone Legal Services, Walnut Creek, CA                                                Jan 2009 – Mar 2010

Junior Paralegal.  Drafted legal correspondence, pleadings and discovery requests as a full-time contractor in small firms specializing in construction defect defense, insurance defense and workersÕ compensation cases.

 

Joinky LLC, Santa Clara, CA                                                                           Mar 2008 – Dec 2008

Software Engineer. Managed and developed software projects as the first employee at a pre-venture capital web startup founded to create cloud-based game development tools.

 

Teach for America, Oakland, CA                                                                      Jun 2006 – Mar 2008

Math Teacher. Taught math as a full-time public school teacher at an under-resourced middle school.

 

Yale University Information Technology Services, New Haven, CT                Aug 2003 – Jan 2006

Student Computing Assistant.  Troubleshot university computer software, hardware and network problems.

 

Congressman Ed Royce, Washington, DC                                                       May 2005 – Aug 2005

Intern.  Researched issues on North KoreaÕs nuclear program for chairman of Nonproliferation Subcommittee.

 

Jet Propulsion Lab — NASA, Pasadena, CA                                                    Jul 2004 – Aug 2004

Software Engineer.  Developed data management software for the Deep Space Network and converted incoming raw data from space to types compatible with the data systemÕs web interface.

 

Orange County Public Defender, Santa Ana, CA                                             May 2004 – Jul 2004

Intern.  Coordinated with the South Korean embassy to access Korean court documents for an appellate case.

 

Daewoo Electronics, Suwon, South Korea                                                       Jul 2003 – Aug 2003

Software Engineer.  Developed data management software designed to incorporate American HIPAA standards into existing Korean medical database systems.