Law Professor Resume Template
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Ashley Perry
Associate Professor of Law · Contracts & Commercial Law
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 555-6135
ashley.perry@email.com
linkedin.com/in/ashleyperry
Profile
Law professor with 12 years in commercial practice and legal education, teaching Contracts and Secured Transactions to 180 students a year. Author of 8 law review articles cited over 300 times and coach of a moot court team that reached the national final.
Academic & Legal Career
Associate Professor of Law
2019 – Present
North Star College of Law, Minneapolis, MN
- Teach Contracts I and II and Secured Transactions under UCC Article 9 to about 180 students a year.
- Earned tenure in 2024 on 8 law review articles on contract interpretation cited over 300 times.
- Coach the transactional moot court team; reached the national final of a UCC-focused competition.
- Supervise 12 students a year in the small-business law clinic drafting leases and supply contracts.
- Chair the curriculum committee's bar-passage working group reviewing 1L assessment design.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
2016 – 2019
Twin Lakes University School of Law, St. Paul, MN
- Taught 1L Contracts and an upper-level Sales seminar under UCC Article 2 to 90 students a year.
- Published 3 articles, including one in a top-50 law review, on remedies for breach of warranty.
- Wrote weekly formative problem sets and graded 1L midterms with detailed individual feedback.
- Judged intramural moot court rounds and advised student notes for the school's law review.
Associate Attorney
2013 – 2016
Lindqvist Marsh & Olsen LLP, Minneapolis, MN
- Drafted and negotiated supply, distribution and licensing agreements for regional manufacturers.
- Researched and briefed commercial contract disputes in Minnesota state and federal courts.
Teaching & Scholarship
Contracts & UCC Articles 2 and 9
Legal Scholarship
Socratic Classroom Teaching
Moot Court Coaching
Transactional Drafting
Clinical Supervision
Formative Assessment Design
Research Tools
Westlaw EdgeLexis+TWENCanvas LMSExamplify
Bar Admission
Attorney, Admitted to Practice in Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
Education
Juris Doctor (J.D.), magna cum laude, Law Review
2012
University of Minnesota Law School
B.A. in Economics
2009
Carleton College
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Skills to list
- Legal Research
- Case Analysis
- Curriculum Development
- Moot Court Coaching
- Legal Writing Instruction
- Scholarly Publishing
- Clinical Supervision
- Academic Writing
Software and tools
- Learning management system LMS
- Desire2Learn LMS software
- Blackboard Learn
- Image scanning software
- Course management system software
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- iParadigms Turnitin
- Sakai CLE
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- Google Docs
Duties to describe on a law professor resume
- Initiated, facilitated, and moderated classroom discussions.
- Prepared course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Compiled, administered, and graded examinations, or assigned this work to others.
- Evaluated and graded students' class work, assignments, papers, and oral presentations.
- Conducted research in a particular field of knowledge and published findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Kept abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
Titles along the way
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- Associate Professor of Law
- Full Professor of Law
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