MARY BRANDT JENSEN


1907 Wolfe St., Oxford, MS 38655-4523
voice (662) 236 3738

fax (662) 236 3712

To deter harvesters and spam, this address is not linked.

Education Bar Admissions Publications
Public Service
Work Experience Courses Taught Drafting and Consulting
References

Education

Bar Admissions 

District of Columbia, 1985 

Mississippi, 2000

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1985 
 

Courses Taught

legal research and writing 
legal research 
legal writing 
advanced legal research 
intellectual property law 
copyright law

Work Experience

Advocate's Legal Research & Brief Writing Service
Contract attorney and owner, 2000 - present
University of Mississippi School of Law
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Director of the Law Library, 1995 - 2000
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Assistant Professor of Law, 1995 - 2000
University of South Dakota School of Law
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Professor of Law, 1993 - 1995
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Associate Professor of Law, 1989 - 1993
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Director of Law Library Operations, 1990 - 1995
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Assistant Professor of Law, 1985 - 1989
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Assistant Law Librarian, 1985 - 1989
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Law clerk, Hon. Henry A. Politz, Circuit Judge (formerly Chief Judge), U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984 - 1985.

Publications

- 2 Books (one with several editions on legal research and one on copyright
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Bar review materials for Mississippi essay exams
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Numerous book chapters and articles on various subjections including copyright, intellectual property law, Internet law, cost effective legal research, Internet legal research, criminal procedure, and marine insurance indemnity contracts

Drafting and Consulting


Drafted a variety of legal documents including appellate briefs, summary judgment & trial briefs, pleadings, discovery documents, petitions for review, affidavits, objective, persuasive and counterpoints memos, contracts, etc. on a wide variety of subjects.

Drafted copyright policy for University of Mississippi

Drafted intellectual property policy for University of South Dakota

Copyright educator for Project Gutenberg, 1991 - present

Copyright educator for  History Net, 1993-1995

Filed written comments on preliminary draft of Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure: Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1994)

Consultant to Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress in its Computer Software and Intellectual Property assessment, 1991

Copyright policy consultant to the Hawaii Public Library System, May 1992

Invited p

Public Service


CNI-COPYRIGHT listserv 1992 - 1995, Co-organizer and co-moderator

Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, Trustee 2000-2001, Legal counsel 2001- present

References

George "Boo" F. Hollowell, Jr.
246 South Hinds Street
P.O. Drawer 1407
Greenville, MS 38702-1407
(662) 378 3103
gfh@tecinfo.com



William E. Jenkinson, III, Esquire
JENKINSON & JENKINSON, P.A.
120 West Main Street
Post Office Drawer 669
Kingstree, S.C. 29556
(843) 355 2000
Billy@jenkinsonlaw.com

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