MELODY ALLEN212 Digby Avenue

Lafayette, LA 70508Home: (337) 984-1000 * Cell: (337) 288-2934

Email: Melody_allen@sulc.edu

EDUCATION

Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, LAJuris Doctor Candidate, December 2016 GPA: 3.30*Journal of Race, Gender, and Poverty - Senior Editor*National Jurist Student Ambassador; Bar Prep Committee; *Legal Research Assistant (Summer, 2014)

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LABachelor of General Studies, December, 2010GPA: 3.35

WORK EXPERIENCE

May, 2016-Present J. Arthur Smith, III, Esq.830 North StreetBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70802(225) 383-7716 Law Clerk

Nov. 2012-July, 2013 Department of Children & Family Services, Lafayette, LA Case management

Jan. 2005-Dec., 2011 Upstream Equipment/Bam Energy Equipment, Broussard, LA Office Manager; Accounts receivable; accounts payable;

payroll

Jan. 1998-Dec., 2004 Self-Employed Legal Transcriber, Lafayette, LA Transcribed deposition for Debra Ellender-Smith - Pilant

Court Reporting

Nov. 1986-May, 1996 Logan & Sallinger, Lafayette, LA Paralegal duties; Accounts payable; accounts receivable

SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office; WordPerfect; Shorthand; LexisNexis; Westlaw

CERTIFICATIONS Notary Public

COMMUNITY SERVICE Lafayette Animal Aid