Jonathan S. Swartz

         


        1215 Puget Street NE

        Olympia, WA 98506

            js@jonathanswartz.com


 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Juris DoctorSandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, May 2003

                                                                                                                                                              

Master of Public AdministrationThe Evergreen State College, June 1996

 

Bachelor of ArtsThe Evergreen State College, August 1992

 

ASSOCIATIONS

 

Washington State Bar (passed February 2006 exam)

 

State Bar of Arizona

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

American Bar Association

 

Center for the Study of Law, Science & Technology, Arizona State University

Research Fellow

           

EXPERIENCE

     

Self-Employed, Olympia, WA

Small Business Advisor, 6/05-Present

Policy Advisor and Editor, 6/05-Present

Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University

Director of Graduate Admissions, 7/04-5/05

Director of Special Projects, 4/04-5/05

Admissions Officer 10/03-5/05

Committee on Rendering Legal Opinions on Business Transactions, State Bar of Arizona

Editorial Consultant, 3/04-10/04

Maricopa County Superior Court, The Honorable Stephen Gerst, Phoenix, AZ

Judicial Extern Summer 2002

Arizona Court of Appeals, Division I, The Honorable Jon W. Thompson

Judicial Extern Fall 2001

Attorney General of Washington State, Transportation & Public Construction

Law Clerk Summer 2001

The Eastside Club Tavern, Olympia, WA                                                          

Manager 8/96-5/00

Dirty Birds, Olympia, WA                                                                                     

Band Manager 4/98-6/99

State of Washington Department of Corrections

Artist in Residence Program Coordinator 6/95-1/96

University of Washington Health Policy Analysis Program

Legislative Reporter 1/95-5/95

Seattle-King County Public Health Department

Legislative Monitor 1/95-5/95

 

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PUBLICATIONS         

 

Nanotechnology Press Kit

Available at www.nanotech-now.com/Press_Kit, contributor (2005)

 

The Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001: Vagueness and Federalism

43 Jurimetrics J. 79-90 (2002)

 

Education at the Crossroads

MPA thesis available at TESC library, co-authored (1996)

 

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PRESENTATIONS

                                                                                                                

Law, Science, and Technology: Synergistic Opportunities 

Yale University 2/3/2005; Cornell University 2/8/2005; SUNY Binghamton 2/9/2005

 

Human Cloning and the Constitution

Yale University 2/3/2005

 

Liberal Arts and Law

Colby College 2/15/2005; Bates College 2/16/2005; Bowdoin College 2/17/2005 

 

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

Volunteer Legal Assistance for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ

Founding Member Spring 2005

 

ASU Entrepreneurship Consortium of Legal Alchemists, Entrepreneurship Contest

Senior Associate Spring 2004

                                                                                                                

Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program, Mesa, AZ                                                    

Client Intake and Interview Fall 2000

 

Puget Sound Residential Services, Renton, WA

Board of Directors 1/96-2/2000

 

Analyzing the World Trade Organization Conference, Olympia, WA                                   

Coordinator & Liaison 10/99                 

 

First & Second Annual Washington State Surfrider Foundation Benefits, Olympia, WA

Event Organizer 1998-99

 

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HONORS

 

Certificate in Law, Science, and Technology, ASU, 2003

 

Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science & Technology

Editor, 2001-2003

High Honors, Fall 2002

Honors, Spring 2003

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon Award for Best Student Note, 2003

 

ASU Center for the Study of Law, Science & Technology Scholar, 2002-2003

 

CALI “Excellence for the Future Award” in International Trade, 2002

 

Armstrong Award Scholarship, 2001

 

MPA Merit Scholarship, 1995

 

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Jonathan S. Swartz