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James Dillon

Year: 2nd Year Grad Student - JSP

Email: jrdillon@gmail.com

Education:

M.A. in Philosophy, New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science (2005)
J.D., New York University School of Law (2003)
B.A. in English (honors), West Virginia University (1999)

Concentrations:

Public Law
American Constitutional Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Judicial Decision Making

Awards:

Philip O. Selznick Fellowship (2011-2012)
UC Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Grant (Summer 2012)

Academic Experiences:

Teaching:
Graduate Student Instructor for Legal Studies 177 (American Legal and Constitutional History), Fall 2012

Graduate Student Instructor for Legal Studies 179 (Comparative Constitutional Law), Spring 2013

Conference Presentations:
Presenter (with Lauren Maisel Goldsmith), "The Hallowed Hope: An Historical Examination of Supreme Court Power in Public School Religion Cases"
Conference on Religion in American Life, Kings College, London, February 22-24, 2013

Employment Experiences:

Associate Attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, October 2008-July 2011

Law Clerk, Hon. I. Leo Glasser, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, September 2006-August 2008

Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, June 2004-July 2006.