RODERICK RAMSEY INGRAM

The Resume of
Roderick Ramsey Ingram

EDUCATION

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW, Williamsburg, Virginia
Juris Doctor   May 1997
 LSAT: 99th percentile






Honors:  Honors in Legal Skills I, II, III, and IV
               Lawrence W. I'Anson Scholarship
               Rex Smith Writing Award
               Scribes:The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects

Activities: William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal
         Editor in Chief: Summer 1996-Summer 1997
                    Articles Editor:  Summer 1995-Spring 1996
                    Staff Member:  Fall 1994-Summer 1997
 

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, Virginia
B.A. History, Sociology minor, May 1994

Honors: Preston Goss Glazebrook Scholarship in History
              Philip Morris Scholarship
              National Society Colonial Dames Scholarship
              Dean's List
              Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Activities: Albemarle County Historical Society Academic-Year Intern
                Virginia Festival of American Film
                University of Virginia Law Library circulation assistant
                Trial Advocacy video technician
 
 

EXPERIENCE


Honorable William L. Person, Jr., Circuit Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit of Virginia

                                                                      Spring Semester 1997
     Law Clerk
     Research and draft opinions.

West Publishing Corporation
                                                       August 1995-August 1997
     Westlaw Student Representative
     Instructed users in on-line research by developing search strategies, forming queries, and suggesting time-saving and cost-effective research techniques.

Virginia Beach City Attorney's Office
                                                                                  Summer 1996
     Law Clerk
     Wrote memoranda and briefs on municipal regulatory authority. Researched constitutionality of all City ordinances regulating speech. Prosecuted misdemeanor appeals in circuit court.

Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Summer 1995
     Summer Intern
     Researched First Amendment, including its implications on art and the Internet  Prepared motions and assisted in drafting briefs for federal appellate courts. Wrote revisions to the American Bar Association's reporters' guide concerning media access to judicial proceedings.

Professor Neal C. Devins, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Summer 1995
     Research Assistant
     Researched federal litigation authority, election law, the Department of Justice,  and legislative history. Wrote memoranda which served as partial basis for a Columbia Law Review article.

Dr. Larry B. Wenger: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
                        Summers 1994, 1995, 1996; Winter Break 1994-1995, 1995-1996
Professor's Research Assistant:
Researched legal issues including international trade dispute resolution, the GATT treaty, marine law, historic preservation law, and international family law. Located entries for inclusion in Marine Affairs Bibliography: A Comprehensive Index to Marine Law and Policy Literature.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
                                                                                Academic Year 1993-1994
Intern, Assistant to Executive Director
Conducted original historical research including will and deed searches. Proofread and helped format The Magazine of the Albemarle County Historical Society. Cataloged archives spanning a fifty-year period. Answered historical inquiries.
 
 

PUBLICATIONS

A Clash of Fundamental Rights: Conflicts Between the Fifth and Sixth Amendments in Criminal Trials. 5 William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 299-321(1996).

Available on-line in:  2 In Brief Law Journal (1997) at LegalBrief.com
at Rod's brief 

A Bibliography of Caribbean Family Law (1970-1994) ( University of Virginia Law Library (1994)(distributed at the 1994 United Nations Conference on the Year of the Child).

John Armstrong Chaloner's "Movies for the Farmers", 53 The Magazine of Albemarle County History 58-69 (1995).

Contributed to two treatises on international dispute resolutions and to articles published in Columbia Law Review and The Journal of College and University Law
 

CURRENTLY

Began one-year clerkship with the Honorable Norman K. Moon, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, in August, 1997. In October, President Clinton appointed Judge Moon to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Judge Moon was confirmed by the Senate and was invested on November 25, 1997, at the federal courthouse in Lynchburg, Virginia. Roderick continued to work for Judge Moon, as a federal clerk. As of August 1998, Roderick is in Virginia Beach, VA office of the City Attorney in the administrative section.

Memberships:
     Virginia State Bar
     Virginia Bar Association
       Young Lawyers Division of the Virginia Bar Association
     Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
     Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
 
 

Roderick with Erin Brockovich                          October 15, 2004, Crown Plaza, Norfolk, Virginia
 
 
 

updated February 22, 2006
 
 



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