Rachel Otto's Resume

Education

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah
Juris Doctor, certificate in Natural Resources law, May 2008
Honors: Leader Scholar, Spring 2008, Executive Editor for the Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law, 2007-08, President of the Public Interest Law Organization, 2006-07, Vice President of the Natural Resources Law Forum, 2006-08, Swenson Fellow in Natural Resources Law, Fall 2008, Spurgeon Public Interest Fellow, Summer 2007

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Master's Degree, British and American Literature, Mary 2003

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bachelor's Degree, English Literature major, Biology minor, May 2000

The George Washington University,  Washington, D.C.
English Literature major, 1996-1998
 

Work Experience

Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Associate Attorney, January 2009 - present
Law Clerk, November 2006 -July 2008

Western Resource Advocates
Salt Lake City, Utah
Staff Attorney, August 2008 - December 2008

Western Environmental Law Center
Southwest Office
Legal Intern, Summer 2007

Utah Attorney General's Office
Environmental Quality Division
Law Clerk, Fall 2006

SWCA Environmental Consultants
Salt Lake City, Utah
Writer/Editor NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act), Summer 2006

Utah Open Lands
Salt Lake City, Utah
Legal Intern, Summer 2006

Utah State University
Salt Lake City, Utah
Adjunct Professor, Fall 2003- Spring 2006

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Adjunct Professor, Fall 2001- Summer 2005

Articles and Presentations

“The Continuing Battle over Wilderness in the West: What Happens Next in Utah v. Norton?” (Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law 2008); "Is Legislation Necessary to Protect Transgendered Employees?" (Idaho Bar Journal, Fall 2008).

Memberships

Utah State Bar, admitted October 2008

Member of National Employment Lawyers Association and Utah Employment Lawyers Association

FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Board of Directors

Salt Lake City Transportation Advisory Board