Jefferson, Joshua Resume
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Jefferson, Joshua Resume

BAR ADMISSION
Admission to Louisiana Bar Pending

EDUCATION

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana
Juris Doctor, May 2020 Civil Law Division
G.P.A.: 2.577

Activities:
Loyola Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Vice President
Loyola University Trial Advocacy Team, Member
A.P. Tureaud Chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Member
Black Law Students Association Mentor (2018-2020)

Certification: Westlaw: Advanced Legal Research

Universität Wien - Juridicum (University of Vienna School of Law)
Study Abroad Program – Vienna, Austria, July 2019
Comparative Estate Law

Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, May 2017
Student athlete, 2013-2017

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Title Stream, LLC, New Orleans, LA
Intern, October 2019 – April 2020
Title Stream is a real estate company, while there I examined public records, such as deeds, mortgages, community partitions, wills, and other documents affecting title to a property. Further, I audited files after closings, and drafted act of corrections, partial and full releases.

Honorable Ivan L. R. Lemelle
United States District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Extern, June 2018 – August 2018
Observed pretrial conferences with judge and attorneys, arraignments, evidentiary hearings, and sentencings for possession of methamphetamine. Conducted legal research, drafted and prepared legal memoranda on property dispute cases summary judgment.

Honorable Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson
United States District Court of the Middle District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
Extern, May 2018 – June 2018
Observed pretrial conferences with the judge and attorneys, motion in limine, revocation hearings, and narcotics and sexual crimes sentencings respectively. Conducted legal research, drafted and prepared legal memoranda on a pro se ineffective assistance of counsel case.

United States Office of Probation and Pre-Trial Services, Baton Rouge, LA
Intern, June 2016 – August 2016
Observed revocation hearings and a drug trial. Filed documents regarding a probationer’s mental health exams, counseling sessions, and drug screenings into court’s online database.