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Stetson University College of Law Gulfport, Florida Juris Doctor May 5, 2001
  • GPA 3.3, Cum Laude, Top 12% of Class (Ranked 14/116)
  • 2001 recipient of the Cecil C. and Augusta M. Bailey Endowed Scholarship
  • Dean’s List (Fall 2000), Honor Roll (Fall 1998 – Spring 2000, Spring 2001)
  • Moot Court Board (Fall 1999 – Spring 2001); Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Southeast Regional Semifinalist (Spring 2000), Southeast Regional Second-Best Brief (Spring 2001)
  • Legal Writing Clinic Teaching Fellow (Fall 2000 – Spring 2001)
  • Phi Delta Phi Legal Honorary (Fall 1999 – Spring 2001)
  • Honor Court, Justice / Senior Justice (Spring 2000 – Spring 2001)
  • Phi Delta Phi Legal Honorary (Fall 1999 – Spring 2001)
  • National Labor Relations Board Labor Law Clinic (Fall 2000)
  • Lambda Law Society (LGBTQIA+ student affinity group), Secretary and Founding Member
Stetson University DeLand, Florida Dual Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French May 10, 1998
  • GPA 3.85, Magna Cum Laude, Honors Program, Merit Scholar Recipient, Pre-Law Program
  • Phi Beta Kappa (honor society)
  • Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honor society)
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon (social fraternity)
  • 1998 Florida Political Science Association Outstanding Undergraduate Student Paper Award
  • Outstanding Senior Research in Political Science Award
  • Political Science Senior Honors Award
  • Foreign Language – French Senior Honors Award
L’Université de Bourgogne Dijon, France Centre International d’Etudes Françaises (C.I.E.F.)September 1996 – June 1997
  • Non-degree, study-abroad program offered through Stetson University
  • Received a Diplôme Supérieur d’Etudes Françaises, 3ème degré (Superior Diploma in French Studies, Third Degree) (June 6, 1997)
  • Received a Diplôme d’Etudes Françaises, 2ème degré (Diploma in French Studies, Second Degree) (January 31, 1997)
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