Arden Rowell : Curriculum Vitae
Unpublished
EDUCATION
University of Chicago Law School
JD, 2006
- Research Assistant to Professors Jeff Leslie and Cass Sunstein
- Research Assistant to Professor Emily Buss on the Chicago Law School Foster Care Project's Protocol for Reform
- Research Assistant for the Chicago Project on Animal Treatment Principles (working with Professors Jeff Leslie, Cass Sunstein, Martha Nussbaum, and Julie Roin)
- Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Scholar
University of Washington
BA in Anthropology/Archaeology, 2001
- Matriculated at the age of thirteen and graduated at the age of eighteen
- Participated in College and Departmental Honors
- Received the inaugural Undergraduate Paper Award in Archaeology for a paper creating a new methodology for measuring stratigraphic disturbance
University of Tübingen, Germany, 1998 (spring semester)
- Received merit scholarship to attend the University of Tübingen at the age of fifteen
University of Arizona, Archaeological Field School, 2000 (summer semester)
EXPERIENCE
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL
Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law, 2008–10
Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA
Associate/Attorney, 2006–08
- Practice focused on product liability and catastophic torts
Gordon Davis, Chicago, IL
Research Assistant, 2005–06
- Worked on a report for the Chinese Senate on legislation promoting sustainable environmental practices
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, 2005
- Co-taught an undergraduate course in Environmental Law
Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA
Summer Associate, 2005
Book Builders LLC, New York, NY
Encyclopedia Entry Writer, 2002–03
- Researched, wrote, and revised over sixty 250- to 2500-word historical and archaeological encyclopedia entries
VMC at Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Xbox Game Tester and German Localizer, 2002–03
- Tested Microsoft Xbox games in English and German
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Research Assistant, 2001
- Worked on an archaeological research team to develop a new technique of pinniped (seal) age analysis, which is helpful in measuring the speed at which animal populations decrease in response to hunting
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Peer Teaching Assistant, 2000
- Provided teaching support to an anthropology class of over 100 students
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Peer Teaching Assistant, 2000
- Provided teaching support to an introductory anthropology class of over 100 students
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Admitted to the bar in the State of Washington, 2007
