Shawn M. Beem, Associate Director for Career Services

Contact Information

Career Services Office

Capital University Law School

303 East Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43215

Ph: (614) 236-6888

Fax: (614) 236-7234

sbeem@law.capital.edu

Bio

In law school, Shawn was a law clerk for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio and an extern to the Ohio CASA/GAL Association.   He served as the Public Interest Law Coordinator for Capital, a position in which he researched public interest law issues in legal education focusing on student pro bono work and loan forgiveness. In addition, Shawn served as Co-President of the Bisexual, Gay, & Lesbian Law Association.

A strong student leader in law school, Shawn is a recipient of the Ronald I. Friedman Award. 

Prior to law school and his current position, Shawn was a stage manager for local theatre companies.  He was also an English lecturer in France at the Collège Episcopale St. Etienne de Strasbourg.  He is a former Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholar.

Shawn served as the Chair of the NALP GLBT Section.

 

Education
  • J.D., Capital University Law School
  • B.A., University of Dayton
  • DEF, Université des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg, France

 

Publications & Presentations
  • Helpful Tips for Using NALP's GLBT Resources , NALP Bulletin, April 2007, at 11.
  • To Be Out or Not to Be Out? Information for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Job Applicants , with Greg Anderson & Skip Horne (2005).
  • Quoted in Jobs & JDs: Employment and Salaries of New Law Graduates 34, (2006).
  • The GLBT Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know to Counsel GLBT Students , NALP 2007 Annual Education Conference (April 25, 2007).
  • How to Get (or Not Get) a Job , Columbus Bar Association Summer Associate Legal Research Seminar (May 26, 2006).
  • So You Want to be an Attorney , Columbus Bar Association Summer Legal Internship Program Orientation (June 14, 2004).

 

Memberships
  • Columbus Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • NALP
  • Ohio Law Placement Consortium

 

Professional Development

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