Michele Bowman

Current

• Editor at Eli Healthcare
• Editor at ZweigWhite
• Adjunct Instructor at Fashion Institute of Technology

• Freelance Writer/Editor at Self Employed (Self-employed)

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Past

• Associate Director of Communications at Brooklyn Law School
• Freelance writer at Vault.com
• Writer at Proskauer Rose LLP

• Editor: VerdictSearch at ALM at Incisive Media
• Executive Editor at Eli Research

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• The University of Texas School of Law
• The University of Texas at Austin

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Michele Bowman’s Summary

Freelance writer/editor available for legal, business, and academic writing projects.
Published creative writer (poetry, essays, and other work).

Michele Bowman’s Specialties:

Legal, academic, health care, corporate communciations.

Michele Bowman’s Experience

• Editor

  Eli Healthcare

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  I contribute stories to HIT News and HC Compliance News, two web sites for health care professionals in the health information/technology and compliance fields.

• Editor

  ZweigWhite

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Edit the Zweig HR Newsletter, an industry publication for Architechture/Engineering professionals

• Adjunct Instructor

  Fashion Institute of Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Taught "Professional Writing in Art and Design" in Spring 2009; teaching Composition in Fall 2009.

• Freelance Writer/Editor

  Self Employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  1996 — Present (13 years )

  I am available for available for long- and short-term assignments including (but not limited to):
  
  > writing copy for law firms, financial institutions, and other businesses that use highly technical language that needs to be "translated" into words that normal people understand
  > updating drab copy on web sites
  > help with college or grad school admissions essays
  > creating marketing collateral for new or existing businesses - brochures, press releases, annual reports, mailers, e-mail blasts, newsletters
  > ghostwriting, copyediting, proofreading your memoir, novel, book of poems
  > editing under any documentation style -- MLA, APA, Chicago, Words Into Print; AP, New York Times; Blue Book; etc. -- I know them all
  
  See my web site at: http://shellytown.squarespace.com/ for more information.

• Associate Director of Communications

  Brooklyn Law School

  (Educational Institution; Law Practice industry)

  August 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 2 months)

  Managing Editor, BLS LawNotes
  Wrote assortment of collateral: brochures, newsletters, news stories, etc.

• Freelance writer

  Vault.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2009 — June 2009 (3 months)

  Edited and wrote firm descriptions for Vault.com's UK Law Guide 2009

• Writer

  Proskauer Rose LLP

  (Partnership; Law Practice industry)

  September 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 4 months)

  Started in-house as Communciations Specialist, then retained as freelance writer

• Editor: VerdictSearch at ALM

  Incisive Media

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  ALM was bought by Incisive Media in 2007, after I left.

• Executive Editor

  Eli Research

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  1999 — 2002 (3 years )

Michele Bowman’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  MFA , Creative Writing , 1996 — 1998

  Graduated with 4.0

  Activities and Societies:

  Poetry

• The University of Texas School of Law

  JD , 1991 — 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Manuscript Editor, American Journal of Criminal Law; Research Assistant to Professors in First Amendment studies, Civil Procedure; Internships with Federal Judge and Federal Magistrate Judge in Austin

• The University of Texas at Austin

  BA , Plan II Honors Liberal Arts , 1987 — 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  Staff writer, Daily Texan

Additional Information

Michele Bowman’s Interests:

Legal, business, and academic writing Copywriting and editing

Michele Bowman’s Groups:

Association for Business Communication, State Bar of Texas, National Council of Teachers of English

Michele Bowman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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