Seán G. Arthurs
5966 Westchester Park Drive, Apt #201, College Park MD 20740 • (301) 254-4282 •
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education Cambridge, MA
Doctorate in Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.)
Advisor: Professor Paul Reville (617) 496-4823
• Cross-disciplinary coursework at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Kennedy
School, and the Harvard Business School in learning and teaching, leadership and organizational
change, managing and developing teams, politics and policy, and adult development
• Coursework in Education Reform and Policy, Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in
Education, Building and Sustaining a Successful Social Enterprise, Public Problems, and Design
Thinking
• Used diverse platforms to support educational learning and projects, including Canvas, google, Skype,
and various online simulations
• Analyzed multiple grant proposals, drafted successful grant applications, and monitored and assessed
grant implementation and execution
• Team Supervisor and Facilitator, “Leading 21st Century High Schools” Program in Professional
Education
• Team Supervisor and Facilitator, “Scaling for Impact” Program in Professional Education
• Datawise Improvement Project Training on data gathering, evaluation, and analysis
• Managed consulting team on Discipline and Positive School Climate project for San Diego Unified
School District
• Consultant to Patrick Henry Community College on Scaling Cooperative Learning
Georgetown University Law Center Washington, D.C.
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Advocacy with distinction
University of Cincinnati College of Law Cincinnati, OH
Juris Doctor Rank 1/122; G.P.A.: 4.15
• Managing Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review
• Senior Articles Editor, Human Rights Quarterly
• University Prize for Highest GPA
• Order of the Coif
• Coursework in International Law, International Human Rights Law, Foreign Law, and Comparative
Law
• Co-Founder and Legal Supervisor, Immigrant Community Legal Advocacy Center
• William Worthington Law Review Prize for Best Case Note
• Civil Procedure II, Teaching Assistant and Facilitator
University of Portland Portland, OR
Master of Arts in Teaching
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance and Japanese
• Nanzan University Study Abroad Program
Professional Experience: Law & Democratic Education
Community Law in Action Baltimore, MD
520 W Fayette St., Suite #140, Baltimore, MD 21201
Director of Civic Engagement, June 2015-June 2016
Supervisor: Executive Director Corryne Deliberto (410) 706-3875
• Designed and implemented “Advocacy 101” course and curriculum as pilot project between community based
non-profit organization and Baltimore City High School
• Developed vocational and workforce preparation programs for inner-city youth
• Initiated and implemented professional development for non-profit staff and law student instructors
• Introduced design thinking principles and human-centered design frameworks to education programming
• Consulted with Executive Director on all non-profit management matters including strategic planning and
rebranding, fundraising and grant monitoring, Board presentation and management, human resources and
supervision, and outcome-driven mission work
• Designed and delivered professional development training to Baltimore City Public School teachers
Georgetown Street Law clinic Washington, D.C.
111 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Clinical Teaching Fellow, September 2011-August 2013
Adjunct Professor of Law, May-August 2014
Supervisor: Professor Rick Roe (301) 802-0518
• Co-taught weekly seminars on pedagogy, instructional methodology, and principles of learner-centered
education to Georgetown law students
• Supervised Street Law Clinic staff, pro bono attorneys, cooperating teachers, DCPS partners and governmental
representatives in variety of citywide initiatives, site-based mentoring, and extracurricular educational
programming
• Drafted and implemented experiential learning curriculum for Law Related Education Course for law students
and accompanying high school curriculum; developed course evaluation and data analysis tools
• Recruited, supervised, and instituted professional development for 20+ law students while collaborating with
12 DC high schools to launch and execute a learner-centered, student-driven instructional model for more
than 300 DC high school students
• Designed and implemented first legal empowerment foreign legal trainings in Ireland, Scotland, and Pakistan
• Gathered and analyzed data for international grant programs; drafted grant proposals involving foreign
governments, non-governmental organizations, and private sector partners; developed and implemented grant
monitoring, assessment, and evaluation mechanisms for domestic and international grants, including those with
USRF, Juvenile Court, DCPS, and the Open Society Foundation
• Spearheaded innovative international human rights and democratic education program in DC Jail and first
citywide partnership with DC Human Rights Commission for “DC Teens Take on the Human Rights Act”
program
• Experience hosting and developing learning and training materials for variety of online platforms, including
TWEN, Moodle, wix.com, Skype, Sharepoint, google
• Developed a variety of city-wide programming in conjunction with partners such as DCPS, DC Superior
Court, Center for Court Excellence, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil
Rights, DC Bar Association, and Department of Justice
Shearman & Sterling LLP Washington, D.C.
401 9th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004
Litigation Associate, September 2008-September 2011; Summer Associate, June-August 2007
Supervisor: Jonathan DeFosse (240) 581-0706
• Researched and drafted legal memoranda addressing legal issues raised in complex, domestic and international, commercial litigation, criminal and regulatory matters and international arbitration for district and appellate court filings
• Coordinated multiple on-site international FCPA investigations involving more than 20 million documents, 20 lawyers, and 50 consultants; supervised all aspects of contractor solicitation, training and hiring; interviewed company executives and involved third parties; drafted final report to US governmental authorities, including DOJ, and foreign legal bodies and governmental actors
• Conducted remote trainings and meetings through interactive web-based platforms
• Trainer, FCPA investigation and compliance team
• Supervisor, international legal research team partnership with non-governmental organizations on Human Trafficking Research Project
• First recipient of the non-governmental organization Tahirih Justice Center’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award (2010) for work with U visa and VAWA applicants; 2011 Tahirih Good Fellas Honor Roll
• Developed and participated in Shearman & Sterling’s first summer associate and associate internship
with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C.
333 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., September 2007-August 2008
Supervisor: Judge Henry Kennedy, Jr. (202) 354-3080
• Drafted bench memos, legal memoranda, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law
• Obtained top-secret security clearance and assisted on top-secret procedural matters
• Trained and supervised judicial interns
Skadden Fellowship Foundation Cincinnati, OH
215 E. 9th Street, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Skadden Fellow and Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, August 2005-June 2007
Supervisor: Elaine Fink (513) 362-2821
• Organized the region’s first Legal Fair with free legal consultations for more than 100 Hispanic/Latino clients
• Developed bilingual outreach program to educate immigrant women about their civil legal rights and methods
for overcoming barriers to enforcing those rights
• Executed, monitored, and evaluated grant programming subject to federal and state laws, regulations, and
Policies, including VAWA grants through the Department of Justice and TeamChild funding through the state
court system
• Represented low-income clients in education, domestic violence and family law areas
United Nations Truth and Reconciliation Commission Freetown, Sierra Leone
Irish Centre for Human Rights Galway, Ireland
National University of Ireland Galway, University Rd., Galway, Ireland and Freetown, Sierra Leone
Arthur Russell Morgan Fellow, Summer 2003
Supervisor: Bert Lockwood (513) 556-0093
• Analyzed grant policies and drafted successful grant for international legal placement
• Selected as US legal representative to monitor US, EU, and African interests in promoting peaceful post- civil
war transition and community reconciliation efforts
• Attended Truth and Reconciliation Commission proceedings and drafted strategic summaries and analyses
• Partnered with UN and African regional NGOs, legal sector, and governmental officials to assess community
needs and design cross-cultural collaboration to promote legal reform and adherence to international standards
Peace Brigades International Bogotá, Colombia
Cundinamarca, Bogotá, Colombia
International Human Rights Observer and Legal Deputy, 2001-2002
Supervisor: Lizzie Brock (202) 232-0142
• Participated in international diplomatic missions and human rights missions throughout Colombia
• Organized and led meetings with Colombian government officials, foreign embassies, Colombian military and
police officers, and international non-governmental organizations
• Lead author on international affairs and foreign policy bulletin for legal organizations and non-governmental
actors
Professional Experience: Education
Bishop McNamara High School Forestville, MD
6800 Marlboro Pike, Forestville, MD 20747
Teacher, United States History and Western Civilization, August 1996-June 2001
Supervisor: Marco Clark (301) 735-8401
• Designed Interdisciplinary Curriculum models for the Middle Passage and the Holocaust
involving Science, Religion, History, foreign language and English courses
• Selected as Regional Teacher Trainer and Curriculum Designer for United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum Professional Development
• Chair and Team Supervisor, Freedom March ‘97, ‘98 and ‘99
Leeuwin Care Humanitarian Relief Effort Viqueques, East Timor
Viqueques, East Timor
Team Leader and Supervising Teacher, Summer 2000
Supervisor: Dave Devine (503) 752-8998
• Designed and implemented rural education and community development program post
independence
• Supervised teachers and instructional assistants in implementing ESL curriculum
• Built and coordinated on-site curricula for education initiative, implemented teacher and staff
professional development to ensure sustainability of instructional model
• Collaborated with United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor Officer to ensure
programming was outcome-driven and responsive to community priorities
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program London, England
Hilldrop Rd, London N7 OJG, United Kingdom
Teacher, Holloway School for Boys, August 1998-June 1999
Supervisor: Alasdair Smith (+44) 0207 607 5885
• Designed curriculum units, assessments field trips, lesson plans and special educational modifications in
accordance with English National Curriculum
• Met with foreign officials and US diplomats to coordinate representation of United States interests in
democratic education
• Proposed and awarded grant to advance democratic education and cross-cultural programming
Alliance for Catholic Education Shreveport, LA
Member of inaugural class of two-year volunteer program that places teachers in economically disadvantaged schools in the southeastern United States, May 1994-August 1996
921 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA 71101
Supervisor: Mary Whited (318) 221-2675
· High School Sociology and English Teacher; Middle School Teacher
Presentations
· Georgetown Igniting Innovations in Legal Education Conference, “Experiential Teaching and Learning in the Classroom,” (2016)
· Middle States Conference for the Social Studies, “From the classroom to the community: Designing and Implementing Advocacy programming with high school youth” (2016)
· Archdiocese of Washington, High School Principals Association, “How Investigating a Real Murder Can Inspire Curiosity in the High School Classroom” (2015)
· Law Society of Ireland, “From 0 to 60: Building belief, capacity, and community” (2013-2015)
· Global Alliance for Justice Education, “Developing through Dialogue,” Turkey (2015)
· Law Society of Scotland, “Learner Centered Education: Methods and Practice” (2015)
· National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Teaching and Learning Conference, “Dead Bodies and Live Minds” (2015)
· Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights 35th Anniversary Conference, Chair, “Human Rights Advocacy within the United States” (2015)
· Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, Law and American Political Institute “The Politics of Reforming Police Oversight” (2012-2015)
· National Council of Social Studies Annual Conference, “Justice for All? Teaching and Learning about Righting Wrongs” (2014)
· iCivics State Institute for Middle School Teachers (2014)
· TEDxHarvard Law School, “Getting it Right-Education and our Criminal Justice System” (2014)
· United States Conference on Adult Literacy, “Wrongful Convictions: Teaching About the Judicial System and Social Justice” (2013)
· Open Society Foundation, Pakistan Clinical Teacher Training and Clinic Design Workshop (2012)
· Cincinnati Open Forum, “Immigration at Home: Historical, Social and Economic Perspectives” (2007)
· United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Training and Planning Committee, “Bearing Witness: Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and Contemporary Issues Seminar” (1998 & 2000)
Publications
• Arthurs, S. (2016). Youth Organizing and the Civic Education Sector: Lessons From Theory and Practice to Organize a Way Forward (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from DASH. (http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27013333)
• Arthurs, S. (2015). Street Law: Creating Tomorrow’s Citizens Today. Lewis & Clark Law Review, 19(4), 925-961.
• Arthurs, S. (2015). Dead Bodies and Live Minds: How Investigating a Real Murder Can Inspire Curiosity in the High School Classroom. Social Education 79(5), 250-255.
• Arthurs, S. (2005). No More Circumventing the Dead: The Least-Cost Model Congress Should Adopt to Address the
Abject Failure of our National Organ Donation Regime. University of Cincinnati Law Review, 73(3), 1101-1130.
• Arthurs, S. (2004). A Foolish Consistency: How Refusing to Review Ford v. Garcia’s Invited Error Demonstrates the
Eleventh Circuit’s Prioritization of Procedure Over Justice. University of Cincinnati Law Review, 72(4), 1707-1738.
Awards & Honors
• Inaugural recipient of the Tahirih Justice Center’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award (2010)
• Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for 5 week, 1998 summer seminar; “The Irish
Famine”
• Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for 4 week, 1997 summer institute; “The Middle
Passage: The Making of the Atlantic World”
Language Skills
• Spanish proficiency
citizenship
• U.S., Irish, and United Kingdom citizenship
selective Service
• Registered