10452 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111 turflers@gmail.

com (505)-259-4955

Soha Francis Turfler, Esq.

Higher Education: Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Expected graduation Spring 2014 Teaching Award for Best Sequence Design (Group - English 101), 2012-2013 Juris Doctorate Washington & Lee School of Law, Lexington, VA Graduated 2005, magna cum laude Staff Member of the Washington & Lee Law Review, 2003-2004 Semi-Finalist in the Davis Moot Court Competition, 2004-2005 Bachelor of Arts in English University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Graduated 2002, magna cum laude Relevant Work Experience: Teaching Assistant to the Core Writing Program University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM August 2012 Present Served as a primary instructor in the Universitys core writing program teaching English composition to undergraduate students, including a sophomore-level expository writing course focused on legal reasoning and argumentation. Graduate Assistant to the Combined BA/MD Program University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM August 2013 Present Served as an assistant instructor to an interdisciplinary writing seminar specifically targeted at students intending to enter the medical profession. Executive Assistant to the International Teaching Centre Bah World Centre, Haifa, Israel Sept. 2009 March 2012 Volunteered for the global administrative center of the Bah Faith, offering analytical support to various social and economic community-building initiatives in three continents. Associate Attorney Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Santa Fe, New Mexico October 2006 August 2009. Served as associate legal counsel on civil lawsuits with a variety of issues and claims, including cases involving civil rights, contract law, employment law, medical malpractice, product liability, and premises liability. Supervising partners included: W. Mark Mowery, Kurt Gilbert, Lisa Chavez, and Aaron Viets.

Law Clerk to the Hon. James A. Parker United States District Court for the Tenth Circuit, Albuquerque, New Mexico. September 2005 September 2006. Served as term clerk to a federal district court judge. Duties included advising the court regarding salient issues of law, researching and drafting legal memoranda, opinions, and jury instructions, assisting the bench during courtroom proceedings, and supervising interns. Research Assistant to Professor Dorothy Brown Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia. 20042005. Assisted with legal research project for a published article examining the administration of United States Social Security benefits under Critical Race theory. Legal Extern to the Administrative Court US Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Review, Orlando, Florida. Summer 2004. Assisted with the research and drafting of memoranda and administrative bench orders for a variety of cases in which immigrants were seeking asylum in the United States. Legal Extern to the Hon. Nan G. Nash New Mexico Second Judicial District Court, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Summer 2003. Assisted family court judge in the review and preparation of pending motions and claims. Relevant Licensures & Affiliations: New Mexico Bar Association License to practice law awarded 2005. Legal Writing Institute Member since 2013. Relevant Scholarship: Turfler, Soha F., A Model Definition of the Practice of Law: If Not Now, When? An Alternative Approach to Defining the Practice of Law, 61 WASH. & LEE L.R. 1903 (2004). Turfler, Soha F., Language Ideology and the Plain English Movement: How Straight Talkers Sell Linguistic Myths (currently in progress).

Relevant Teaching Experience: English 220.003 Expository Writing University of New Mexico, Department of English Fall 2013 Intermediate-level writing course centered on the theme of legal reasoning and argumentation. Students studied how to research and compose basic Case Notes, Law Memoranda, and Briefs. English 101.626 Expository Writing University of New Mexico, Department of English Fall 2013 Introductory writing course paired with a Business Ethics seminar in a Freshmen Learning Community. Students prepared two major writing assignments discussing ethical dilemmas and a profile of a New Mexico Ethics in Business Award recipient. Health, Medicine, and Human Values 201.001 - Literature, Fine Arts, and Medicine University of New Mexico, Combined BA/MD Degree Program Fall 2013 Graduate Assistant to intermediate-level writing seminar in which students prepared a 20- to 30-page personal essay exploring a health-related topic. English 102.002 Analysis and Argument University of New Mexico, Department of English Summer 2013 Research-based writing course centered on themes of social activism. Students prepared three major writing assignments engaging with a problem they identified in their local community. English 102.001 Analysis and Argument University of New Mexico, Department of English Spring 2013 Same as above. English 102.003 Analysis and Argument University of New Mexico, Department of English Spring 2013 Same as above. English 101.038 Expository Writing University of New Mexico, Department of English Fall 2012 Genre-based introductory writing course. Students prepared writing assignments in three different genres: memoir, profile, and review.