Carolyn Ettinger



	CAROLYN B. ETTINGER writer@carolynettinger.com EDUCATION Vermont Law School South Royalton, Vermont Doctor of Jurisprudence - May 1999 Activities: Public Relations Officer, Women’s Law Group. Animal Advocate Newsletter, Founder, Editor, Writer (Circulation 250). Vermont Law School Forum, Freelance journalist. University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Bachelor of Arts - May 1996 Activities: Writer & Editorial Staff, Out Here Literary Arts Magazine. ADDITIONAL CLASSES Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C. Screenwriting Bootcamp - Spring 2006 Studied structure of screenplays, conflict, formatting, character, etc. Piedmont Virginia Community College Charlottesville, VA Write Your Life Story - Spring 2004 Learned professional memoir-writing methods. Cape Cod Community College W. Barnstable, MA Creative Writing - Spring 2000 Advanced workshop on techniques in short fiction & nonfiction for publication. EXPERIENCE Freelance Writer, Charlottesville, Virginia Current Writing, blogging, teaching, speaking, resumes, and more. Workshop at annual Muse Online Writers Conference in October 2009. Owner, Paws for a Break 2005 - 2009 Charlottesville, Virginia Operated successful pet sitting business; website maintenance, marketing, customer relations. Legal Analyst, LexisNexis Group 2003 – 2005 Charlottesville, Virginia Wrote & edited annotations for publication in LexisNexis products; developed new textbook idea. Associate, E2 Inc. (Ecology and Economics) 2001-2002 Charlottesville, Virginia Wrote environmental project proposals & two chapters published in A Perspective on the Contamination at Abandoned Mine Land: “Regulatory and Programmatic Authorities” and “State Bonding Practices.” Program Manager, Green Citizen Energy Project, Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corporation 2000-2001 Waquoit, Massachusetts Founded and organized the Northeast Earth Day Conference on Renewable Energy. Offered civic and school seminars to educate residents about clean sources of electricity. Wrote press releases, newsletter articles, opinion columns, and appeared on C-TV as call-in show guest more than any other guest at the time. National Center for Environmental Decision-making Research Fellow - Ijams Nature Center Summer 1998 Knoxville, Tennessee Created urban design manual for East Tennessee watershed protection. Worked with government agencies, nonprofits, and citizen groups (Water Quality Forum) on a regional watershed protection plan. NAPIL/VISTA Summer Legal Corps Fellow, East Tennessee Community Design Center Summer 1997 Knoxville, Tennessee Created sustainable development handbook for county planner to prevent local urban sprawl. Wrote pamphlets about land trusts and conservation easements to educate landowners. Communications Fellow, Environmental Law Institute Summer 1996 Washington, D.C. First non-lawyer to be published by the national policy journal The Environmental Forum. Writer and editorial assistant for journal; wrote book reviews & articles about env, court cases. Communications Associate, The Nature Conservancy School Internship 1995-1996 Charlottesville, Virginia Wrote articles & press releases for The Nature Conservancy’s Virginia Chapter Newsletter. MY WORK ALSO APPEARS IN: All Animals, Animal Advocate, Cape Cod Times, CryptoLaw (Wordpress Blog), Environmental Forum, HumaneLines, Orange Co. Review, Out Here, Self-Reliance Commentator, Vermont Law School Forum, and more… AWARD Recipient of a 1990 Mary Whitlock Meadows Poetry Award.