JOEL KASSIM TABARARA
LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
Shanghai,Songjiang
Summary
Personal Profile
Legal expert with strong skills in writing, organizing and project managing cases related to family and international law. Proficient in conducting legal research, contract review and organizing files.
Research Interest
My research interests are within the fields of International Law, International Relations ,Development,Peace Governance and Diplomacy. More specifically the role of economic sanctions which are extraterritorial in nature in addressing global issues and their legitimacy in international law.
Overview
6
6
Languages
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Assistant
Landing Law Offices
Shanghai, Pudong
2020.10 - Current
- Work alongside attorneys, administrative assistants and fellow legal assistants on complex cases and legal processes.
- Confer with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information.
- Interview and prepared intake sheets for clients in Chinese and English.
- File all court documents and legal pleadings with court clerk on behalf of attorneys.
- Maintain litigation docket and calendars for one attorney, noting deadlines for responsive pleadings, motions and other important deadlines.
- Review, edited and proofread legislation drafts for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatting.
- Prepare case summaries for mediation conferences.
- Maintain complex files for short sales, foreclosures and traditional real estate transactions.
- Research family laws and regulations and delivered analysis and assessments to senior partner.
Legal Intern
Young Bakers Association
Changning, Shanghai
07.2017 - 01.2018
- Advised on laws affecting NGOs Research Drafting.
- Took part in meetings both internal and at clients' locations.
- Answered client calls to respond to inquiries, using open-ended questioning skills to attain applicable information.
Legal Intern
Landing Law Offices
Songjiang, Shanghai
05.2016 - 07.2017
- Writing and filing with minimal supervision Building coalitions of amici by contacting counsel with original drafts.
- Obtaining broad support for the briefing.
- Duties included client contact, translation, daily clerical work Responsible for case management.
- Reviewed legal information and proofed documentation for errors.
- Created highly researched and articulate legal paperwork such as pleadings, contracts and briefs.
- Conferred with clients and other involved parties to gather and track case information.
- Organized legal filing system to maximize efficiency.
- Prepared written correspondence for attorneys.
- Gained valuable insight into regulations and policies associated with family law.
English teacher
Noah Sunshine Academy
Wuhan, Hubei
08.2015 - 09.2016
- Kept classroom organized, clean, and safe for all students and visitors.
- Established appropriate deadlines and provided complete instructions for reading assignment and homework.
- Completed in-service and additional training to maintain professional growth.
- Planned coursework to introduce students to pieces of important English literature.
- Helped students develop important learning skills and good study habits useful in trade school or college education.
- Prepared students for English standardized testing.
Reporter
Always CNNU
Wuhan, Hubei
08.2015 - 08.2016
- Collect, verify, and analyze thoroughly newsworthy information around campus.
- Cover a wide variety of stories.
- Conduct and schedule interviews.
- Track influencers' work.
- Plan, edit, and write stories and articles to be broadcasted.
- Verify the information provided by interviewees.
- Finalize news content.
Junior Legislator
Ministry Of Youth Development Indigenisation And E
Harare South, Harare
07.2012 - 08.2013
- Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Indigenization.
- Framing Youth empowerment policies.
- Lobbying and advocating for the constitutionalizing of the rights of young people and children’s rights.
- Working with the senior Member of Parliament on constituency projects Working with the Zimbabwe Youth Council on Indigenization and Youth Empowerment projects.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - International Law
East China University Of Political Science And Law,
Shanghai 08.2016 - 08.2020
Associate of Arts - Chinese Language
Central China Normal University
Wuhan 08.2015 - 07.2016
Skills
Leadership Communicationundefined
Accomplishments
Carried out a charity beauty pageant event adjudicated by children living with disabilities when i was a junior legislator for harare south constituency in line with the 2012 UNICEF theme: The Right of children living with disabilities, the duty to promote,protect,respect and fulfil.
Grants and Fellowships
Awarded a fully funded scholarship by the Chinese Scholarship Council to pursue a bachelor's degree in International Law
Teaching Experience
Teaching English as a Second language in training centres and helping high school as well as college students prepare for their college entrance exams
Research Experience
My research experience has mainly been work-related . Staying up to date with legal reforms and looking up laws applicable to cases the firm will be working on. Academic research was on my academic year thesis entitled Generals Principles of International Law and my graduation thesis on the legitimacy of economic sanctions. I have also written a paper based on Freud's theory of trauma and the Novel Love in the time of Cholera analysing the main character,Florentino.
References
ZHANG Lei
Professor & PhD
School of International Law
East China University of Political Science and Law
No.1575, Wan Hang Du Road, Shanghai, P. R. China, 200042
Mobile Phone: (86)13916071178
Email: chinalawman@163.com
Regis Chikowore
Permanent Secretary
Office of the President and Cabinet
76 Samora Machel Avenue. Corner 1st/S.Machel,. Harare ,Zimbabwe
Timeline
Legal Assistant
Landing Law Offices
2020.10 - Current
Legal Intern
Young Bakers Association
07.2017 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Arts - International Law
East China University Of Political Science And Law,
08.2016 - 08.2020
Legal Intern
Landing Law Offices
05.2016 - 07.2017
Associate of Arts - Chinese Language
Central China Normal University
08.2015 - 07.2016
Reporter
Always CNNU
08.2015 - 08.2016
English teacher
Noah Sunshine Academy
08.2015 - 09.2016
Junior Legislator
Ministry Of Youth Development Indigenisation And E
07.2012 - 08.2013
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