Eric Giunta
Conservative (soon-to-be) law-school grad, internationally noted columnist, looking for employment
By Eric Giunta
The economy being what it is, I beg (and trust in) my readers' indulgence as I engage in what follows: a shameless exercise in self-promotion.
As is apparent from both the content of my columns and the "author's credit" which appends most of them, I am presently and proudly enrolled at Florida State University College of Law, one of the top law schools in the country. In just a few short weeks I will be graduating with a Juris Doctorate, and plan to sit for the Florida Bar in late July.
Naturally, I hope to be employed in the near-future, even though the economy and the market are taking their toll on lawyers and on other professionals. A student of life and a Christian humanist, I am not necessarily committed to working in the legal field. I simply want to enjoy whatever it is I do and make enough money to put food on my table and have a little fun over the weekends. I'd love to work in a public-interest firm, a legal-aid, for a political candidate, for a state or federal government, for a newspaper, for a diocese, and even within a classroom. I'm a fast learner, and will take to anything I put my mind and heart to. I am more than willing to relocate anywhere in the country, or the world for that matter
I am in the process of submitting resumes, references, and writing samples to several public-interest law firms, but thought I would supplement my efforts with this column, where I am likely to reach those already interested in my work. To that end, I thought I'd share a little more of myself with readers (some of whom will hopefully be prospective employers!).
I have spent my entire law school career (i.e., the past three years) using every opportunity to involve myself in advocacy for the sanctity of life, the integrity of the natural family, and religious freedom. To this end I have interned for staunch social and fiscal conservatives in both the Florida House and the Florida Senate, and embraced my position as Federalist Society chapter president (2009-2010) to lead the conservative/libertarian "resistance" on campus. In the Fall of 2010, I interned full-time at the Washington, DC offices of the Alliance Defense Fund.
Academically speaking, I have not concentrated in any one field of law, rather engaging diverse disciplines and electing to take those classes that would best prepare me to sit for the Florida Bar. To the extent I have concentrated, it has been in the area of public policy, spending my internships at the Florida Capitol assisting in speech-writing, drafting letters to constituents, contributing to the formation of legislation, researching (for which I have an uncanny knack), and handling constituent queries.
I spent the Summer of 2009 studying international and comparative law at the University of Oxford's St Edmund Hall, and the Fall of 2010 (simultaneous with my externship at ADF) studying executive agency rulemaking and legislative advocacy, in Washington, DC, under the aegis of Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Among my work at ADF, I performed research for the case Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, and drafted a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of a Young Americans for Freedom chapter, whose free speech rights were being violated by school officials at Palm Beach State College.
In my spare time, I have taken up political and religious commentary, debuting in the pages of RenewAmerica in May 2009, and since then having written for Human Events, LifeSiteNews, and FrontPage Magazine. My commentary has received international attention, being cited by the UK Daily Telegraph the New York Times, Politics Daily, and the New Times Broward-Palm Beach, among others. I maintain a well-read blog, which is viewed regularly by pundits, journalists, columnists, and even bishops.
As an intern for the Florida Senate President last year, I co-authored a "Balanced Budget Amendment FAQ." The esteemed Dr Randy Barnett, a long-time advocate of just such a constitutional amendment, called it "excellent," and "the best explanation [he had] seen" of the nature and procedure of an Article V Amendments Convention.
I drafted a letter on behalf of a FL representative, pledging support of a resolution which would have censured Turkey's increasingly-Islamist government for its persecution of Orthodox Christians and other religious minorities. I'm told my draft served as a model for other legislators.
I'm prudent when I have to be, but am not afraid to ruffle the right feathers. In these very pages, I respectfully rebuked the FL GOP establishment for its support of a culture-of-death, welfare-state leftist in a state district primary over and against rising conservative political star Ann Yarko (and lost quite a few friends in doing so). A Federalist Society lecture I orchestrated on Islamic jurisprudence, featuring the esteemed Robert Spencer, provoked the ire of both colleagues and faculty. And for these and other efforts, I have been nominated "America's Worst Law Student™, Class of 2011" by the partisans of the leftist European blog, "Sadly No."
So if you work at or direct a think tank, a public-interest firm, a political action committee, an NGO, a charity, a college or a university; if you are an editor of a newspaper or a magazine; if you work at or direct a Diocese or a legal-aid: you want to interview Eric Giunta. And even if you are none of these things and have nothing whatsoever to do with the legal profession or politics, but are an employer who wants to know whom everyone is talking about — whom Robert Spencer refers to as "the indefatigable," whom the UK Telegraph calls "a leading blogger," and whom even the Left acknowledges to be "noted Catholic pundit" — you want to get into contact with Eric Giunta. I am willing to work anywhere in the country, and indeed anywhere in the world.
A complete resume, references, and writing samples will be made available, immediately upon request, to any serious inquirer. I may be reached at sanctusericus@yahoo.com.
For those readers not hiring, your prayers are most seriously appreciated!
Some items published over the internet:
"Florida Bishops Oppose Personhood Amendment"
"So It Begins: Illinois University Professor Fired for Being Christian" (originally published in Human Events, here).
"Muslim Law Students' War Against Free Speech"
"When Free Speech Wins"
"God: The Soul of Conservatism"
"FAQ — Article V Amendments Convention"
© Eric Giunta
The economy being what it is, I beg (and trust in) my readers' indulgence as I engage in what follows: a shameless exercise in self-promotion.
As is apparent from both the content of my columns and the "author's credit" which appends most of them, I am presently and proudly enrolled at Florida State University College of Law, one of the top law schools in the country. In just a few short weeks I will be graduating with a Juris Doctorate, and plan to sit for the Florida Bar in late July.
Naturally, I hope to be employed in the near-future, even though the economy and the market are taking their toll on lawyers and on other professionals. A student of life and a Christian humanist, I am not necessarily committed to working in the legal field. I simply want to enjoy whatever it is I do and make enough money to put food on my table and have a little fun over the weekends. I'd love to work in a public-interest firm, a legal-aid, for a political candidate, for a state or federal government, for a newspaper, for a diocese, and even within a classroom. I'm a fast learner, and will take to anything I put my mind and heart to. I am more than willing to relocate anywhere in the country, or the world for that matterI am in the process of submitting resumes, references, and writing samples to several public-interest law firms, but thought I would supplement my efforts with this column, where I am likely to reach those already interested in my work. To that end, I thought I'd share a little more of myself with readers (some of whom will hopefully be prospective employers!).
I have spent my entire law school career (i.e., the past three years) using every opportunity to involve myself in advocacy for the sanctity of life, the integrity of the natural family, and religious freedom. To this end I have interned for staunch social and fiscal conservatives in both the Florida House and the Florida Senate, and embraced my position as Federalist Society chapter president (2009-2010) to lead the conservative/libertarian "resistance" on campus. In the Fall of 2010, I interned full-time at the Washington, DC offices of the Alliance Defense Fund.
Academically speaking, I have not concentrated in any one field of law, rather engaging diverse disciplines and electing to take those classes that would best prepare me to sit for the Florida Bar. To the extent I have concentrated, it has been in the area of public policy, spending my internships at the Florida Capitol assisting in speech-writing, drafting letters to constituents, contributing to the formation of legislation, researching (for which I have an uncanny knack), and handling constituent queries.
I spent the Summer of 2009 studying international and comparative law at the University of Oxford's St Edmund Hall, and the Fall of 2010 (simultaneous with my externship at ADF) studying executive agency rulemaking and legislative advocacy, in Washington, DC, under the aegis of Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Among my work at ADF, I performed research for the case Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, and drafted a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of a Young Americans for Freedom chapter, whose free speech rights were being violated by school officials at Palm Beach State College.In my spare time, I have taken up political and religious commentary, debuting in the pages of RenewAmerica in May 2009, and since then having written for Human Events, LifeSiteNews, and FrontPage Magazine. My commentary has received international attention, being cited by the UK Daily Telegraph the New York Times, Politics Daily, and the New Times Broward-Palm Beach, among others. I maintain a well-read blog, which is viewed regularly by pundits, journalists, columnists, and even bishops.
As an intern for the Florida Senate President last year, I co-authored a "Balanced Budget Amendment FAQ." The esteemed Dr Randy Barnett, a long-time advocate of just such a constitutional amendment, called it "excellent," and "the best explanation [he had] seen" of the nature and procedure of an Article V Amendments Convention.
I drafted a letter on behalf of a FL representative, pledging support of a resolution which would have censured Turkey's increasingly-Islamist government for its persecution of Orthodox Christians and other religious minorities. I'm told my draft served as a model for other legislators.
I'm prudent when I have to be, but am not afraid to ruffle the right feathers. In these very pages, I respectfully rebuked the FL GOP establishment for its support of a culture-of-death, welfare-state leftist in a state district primary over and against rising conservative political star Ann Yarko (and lost quite a few friends in doing so). A Federalist Society lecture I orchestrated on Islamic jurisprudence, featuring the esteemed Robert Spencer, provoked the ire of both colleagues and faculty. And for these and other efforts, I have been nominated "America's Worst Law Student™, Class of 2011" by the partisans of the leftist European blog, "Sadly No."So if you work at or direct a think tank, a public-interest firm, a political action committee, an NGO, a charity, a college or a university; if you are an editor of a newspaper or a magazine; if you work at or direct a Diocese or a legal-aid: you want to interview Eric Giunta. And even if you are none of these things and have nothing whatsoever to do with the legal profession or politics, but are an employer who wants to know whom everyone is talking about — whom Robert Spencer refers to as "the indefatigable," whom the UK Telegraph calls "a leading blogger," and whom even the Left acknowledges to be "noted Catholic pundit" — you want to get into contact with Eric Giunta. I am willing to work anywhere in the country, and indeed anywhere in the world.
A complete resume, references, and writing samples will be made available, immediately upon request, to any serious inquirer. I may be reached at sanctusericus@yahoo.com.
For those readers not hiring, your prayers are most seriously appreciated!
Some items published over the internet:
"Florida Bishops Oppose Personhood Amendment"
"So It Begins: Illinois University Professor Fired for Being Christian" (originally published in Human Events, here).
"Muslim Law Students' War Against Free Speech"
"When Free Speech Wins"
"God: The Soul of Conservatism"
"FAQ — Article V Amendments Convention"
© Eric Giunta
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