Jessie Zaylía
Jessie is a feminist scholar and received her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. She has published 6 academic articles on a range of topics and has presented research at 9 conferences--including 4 national conferences and 1 international conference. She also served as the Chief Articles Editor for volume 1 of the San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law. Feel free to look Jessie up on Linked-In for a complete bio.
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A.A. (Foreign Languages - Fullerton College - with honors); B.A. (Women's Studies - California State University, Long Beach - Magna Cum Laude); Juris Doctor (University of San Diego School of Law)Interests
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Does This Cover Letter Make My Butt Look Big? - Address to Impress Your Future Legal EmployerIf you're an attorney or a law student seeking specific advice as to how to write an outstanding cover letter, you'll want to read this article.
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Law School Study Groups: Good Idea or Painful Waste of Time?What makes a study group useful depends on several factors. -
Law School Practice Exams: How and when to Use ThemHere's a guide as to where to find law school practice exams and how to best utilize them. -
Why Ask "Why" Twice?: What Every 1L (and Practicing Attorney) Should KnowFor law students, this article explains in simple terms how to understand cases and use them to help maximize points on exams. For attorneys, this article exposes what many of you miss when you submit briefs to the court. -
The Bitter-Sweet Symphony of Election Day 2008How Prop. 8's passage stifles the joy of Presidential results.
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Getting Prop. 8 StraightLearn what Prop. 8 does and does NOT do and why it's important that we all learn the difference.
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Little Praise and Much Criticism of Vincent Bugliosi's The Prosecution of George W. Bush for MurderVincent Bugliosi is one of the most famous prosecuting attorneys in the United States. A self-proclaimed critical analyst fails to critically analyze his own work vis-à-vis gender and the politics of writing polemically. -
The Hymenization of Virginity: Examination of Sociolinguistics, Historical Roots and ConsequencesShould we reconsider, given historical roots and social consequences of the relationship between hymens and virginity, how we speak about "losing" it? I argue that it is better to discuss our sexual experiences in more active ways.
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Funding, Ideologies, Consequences and Implications of Abstinence-Only Sex Education ProgramsThough federally-funded abstinence-only sex education programs in the U.S. are decried as failures, the federal government is nevertheless increasing funding for such programs, which ignore lesbian, gay, and queer sexual existence and otherwise disappoint our children.
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Applying to Graduate School? How to Prepare an Organized Packet for Your RecommendersOne good way to help ensure that you receive fabulous and timely letters of recommendation for graduate school is to provide your letter writers with a well-organized packet. This article specifies what to include in that packet and how to create each of its contents.
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Applying to Graduate/Law School?: A CV Sample TemplateMany templates for CVs are formatted for job-seekers. Here is a format exclusively designed for pending or current graduate students.
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How to Prepare Before You Apply to Graduate SchoolToo many graduate school-seeking students ignore the crucial process of preparation before applying to grad school. This article provides students with concrete advice, tips, and secrets concerning the pre-application process.
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Applying to Graduate School? - Tips for a Strong Statement of PurposeA Statement of Purpose (also known as a Personal Statement) is not what many graduate applicants believe it to be. Here is comprehensive advice on what to include in this very important portion of your application. I also discuss what to leave out and why.
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Applying to Graduate School? - A Sample Cover Letter for Your References to UseAlmost all graduate programs require 3 letters of recommendation. When providing your letter writers with a well-organized packet, the first thing in it should be a cover letter. Here's an example of how to write that cover letter for your recommenders.
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Catharine MacKinnon and Carol Vance: A Showdown Between Pornography and "Pleasure?"Many, like Carol Vance, claim that Catharine A. MacKinnon is a prudish feminist moralist whose goals are to censor porn and regulate women's sexual experiences. Some also argue that MacKinnon is anti-porn on the basis of "obscenity." These claims, however, are unfounded. -
Remembering the Holocaust: One Woman Recalls Her Experience in AuschwitzWhen discussing the economic equality of peoples, we often turn towards the examination of wage disparities. I argue that, while lessening (or eradicating) the wage gap is indeed important, equalized property rights must be central to the discussion.
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A Brief Review of the Book Getting to MaybeBeginning and future law students should consider reading "Getting to Maybe" if they want to be prepared, if law school exams (or the idea of them) seem frightening, and/or if they want to understand what professors are really looking for when asking certain questions. -
How to Write Academic Articles: A Writer's Guide for Students and ActivistsThe world of academic writing seems mystifying to those with little to no experience with its particulars. This article is geared to help demystify, at least a portion of, this process.