Mónica Mendoza-Cawthon
Juris Doctor Graduate
- Role
- Legal Intern at Smith & Lowney, Pllc
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mónica Mendoza-Cawthon
Mónica graduated Dec. 2024 with a Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law. While in law school, Mónica externed for the Honorable Chief Justice Steven González of the Washington State Supreme Court, completed Rule 9 internships, worked full-time at King County Department of Public Defense, was a Research Assistant, and a Law Student Liaison for the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission. Her law journal article,\"At-Large Municipal Elections Are Discriminatory: A Case Study of Federal Way and Kent, Washington\" was published by Seattle Journal for Social Justice. She was also awarded the Pro Bono Pledge Outstanding Service Award. Mónica is a daughter of farmworker immigrants (campesinos) from Mexico, the first woman in her family to graduate from college, and the first in her family to attend law school. She is also fluent in Spanish. Prior to law school, Mónica was a community organizer in politics and tenants\' rights advocacy, interned for a U.S. Senator in D.C, worked in the tech sector doing customer and technical support, and was a legal assistant/paralegal in an immigration law office. A recognized community leader, in 2017, Mónica was appointed by the King County Council to serve as a Standing Advisory Panelist for the Regional Affordable Housing Task Force, where she was praised for her commitment to tenants\' and community members\' needs. In 2019, she was selected as a Roberto Maestas Legacy Award Winner by El Centro de la Raza for her fierce commitment to building the beloved community in the Greater Seattle region. In 2024, she was awarded the \"La Resistencia Award\" by Seattle-based Latinx LGBTQ organization SOMOS Seattle. The award honors outstanding local activists and innovators advocating for the Latinx LGBTQ community. She paints and writes poetry in her free time.
Experience
Legal Intern
Jan 2025 — Present
Interim role in public interest firm while I study for the bar exam.Assist in legal research, writing, depositions, interviews, and litigation strategy in the following areas of the law: Consumer protection, environmental enforcement, class action, land use, government transparency, and election/initiative law.
Education
Bellevue College
AAS; Running Start
2010 — 2012
Seattle University School of Law
Juris Doctorate - JD
2021 — 2024
University of Washington
BA
2012 — 2015
Skills
- Community Organizing
- Program Development
- Political Campaigns
- Grassroots
- Public Relations
- Program Management
- Volunteer Management
- Politics
- Leadership Development
- Leadership
- Higher Education
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Public Speaking
- Translation
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Social Media
- Fundraising
- Program Evaluation
- Marketing
- Workshop Facilitation
- Policy Analysis
- Event Planning
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Research
- Public Policy
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