Katherine Anne Dickson
102 Spring Valley Road, Carrboro, NC 27510
Telephone: (919) 265-7122 Email: [email protected]
WORK EXPERIENCE
EPTING & HACKNEY, CHAPEL HILL, NC
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Represented clients in a variety of contexts, including real estate, wills, family, contracts, tenure, copyright, and employment.
Drafted complaints, motions, orders, briefs, and memoranda for clients; appeared in court and in mediations on behalf of clients.
Conducted residential and commercial real estate closings, including title searches, drafting and review of banking documents.
Pro bono attorney to the Carrboro Farmers' Market and the Carrboro Modern Dance Company; serving on the Boards of the
Achievement Academy of Durham and the Orange County Arts Commission.
HOGAN & HARTSON, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Community Services Department: Represented tenants’ association challenging housing code violations; helped challenge denial of
disability benefits to injured workers and mortgage foreclosure scam targeting elderly indigent D.C. residents.
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International Trade and Immigration Group: Helped workers displaced by import competition to obtain transition assistance from
the U.S. Department of Labor; represented a variety of clients in anti-dumping and countervailing duties litigation.
Education Group: Contributed to U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief in disability education case; composed memoranda for higher
education institutions addressing compliance with state, federal, and regional regulatory requirements.
RESEARCH ANALYST, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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2001 TO 2003
Documented public diplomacy efforts for the Office of International Information Programs in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Researched historical public reactions to U.S. Information Agency exhibitions in the former USSR. Report was used in developing
“American Corners,” resource centers in the Middle East promoting understanding of American government and society.
Developed book list for American Corners libraries, with a focus on literary and historical contributions of minority Americans.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
2003 TO
2006
 Juris Doctor, 2006, earned concurrently with a Master of Arts in American Legal History, secondary field in Roman History.
Master’s Thesis: The American Eugenics Movement and its Impact on the Law of Adoption
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Virginia Journal of International Law, 2004-2006. Managing Board Member, Articles Editor. Duties included selection and
editing of articles, coordination of editorial board, review of sources cited by authors, correspondence with authors and their
institutions.
Research Assistant to Professor A.E. Dick Howard, 2004-2005. Research and writing for book on the influence of the
American Constitution in democratizing countries, including constitution-making, civil liberties and minority rights.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
1997 TO 2001
 Bachelor of Arts, Classics and Political Science, with Honors and Distinction.
Honors Thesis: Thucydides and his Cold War Interpreters.
 Honors: Carolina Scholarship, Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa, Epps Prize in Greek, Order of the Old Well.
 APPLES Program: Coordinated Alternative Spring Break program and Public Relations committee.
 Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity: Organized campus blood drives and UNC/Duke blood drive contest.
 Study Abroad in London, Greece; Burch Field Research Seminar on Post-Cold War European Security at the OSCE
 Maps Collection, Wilson Library: Student assistant, catalogued and filed maps, assisted library patrons.
INTERESTS
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Currently pursuing the Certificate in Native Plant Studies at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens.
Studio Assistant at the Carrboro ArtsCenter's pottery studio.
2008 and 2012 “Victory Counsel” voter protection volunteer for the Obama campaign.