Paul Wake
Member, Oregon and Utah Bars
Employment
- Attorney, Salt Lake County Attorney's Office, Civil Division, fall 1996-present
Law Clerk, Salt Lake County Attorney's Office, Civil Division, summer 1995-fall 1996
- Defend the county in litigation; prosecute ordinance violations; advise county officials; draft legal documents; review and rewrite ordinances and regulations; research such subjects as zoning, property taxation, sweat lodges, and dog law
- Law Library Faculty Research Assistant, University of Utah College of Law's Law Library, summer 1994-spring 1996
- Performed research to help faculty members prepare scholarly publications, course materials, bus trips to Runneymede, etc.
- Law Clerk, Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, Summer 1994
- Wrote research memoranda for the legislature's natural resources attorney during a clerkship awarded by the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment
- Other work: High school teacher, alternative high school teacher, teaching assistant, political pollster, ambulance crew (ground and air), plywood mill laborer
Education
- College of Law, University of Utah, J.D., May 1996
- Comment published in Utah Law Review in 1996; Leary Scholar, fall 1995; successfully prosecuted a felony murder in mock trial; made best briefs list in moot court; environmental Law Clinic at Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
- Brigham Young University, B.A., Political Science, December 1988, Minors: Zoology, History
- Study Abroad Vienna; Washington, D.C. internship; Timpanogas Biological Station
- Other education: Research and study at the U of O's Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Emergency Medical Technician training at Southwestern Oregon Community College
Interests and Activities
- Enjoy family activities, hiking, reading, river running, playing piano, diving, music, climbing, photography, skiing, travel, and exploring the Internet
- Anderson Inn of Court; Vice President, Uintah Mountain Club; Assistant Scoutmaster; delegate to state political party conventions; Special Olympics Adapted Aquatics coach; President and co-founder of Response, BYU's human rights group
Last updated December 30, 1996
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