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All of Montgomery County, PA May 19, 2009 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Barbara May

Candidate for
Judge; Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas; District 38

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Barbara May

hrmbarbara@verizon.net bmay@mc3.edu

Education

Juris Doctor Cum Laude, Widener University Law School 1981
Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar May 1982
M.A. Philosophy Magna Cum Laude, Villanova University 1977
B.A. History, Summa Cum laude, Gwynedd Mercy College 1974
A.G.S. Summa Cum Laude, Montgomery County Community College 1972

Employment

Social Studies Instructor, Central Bucks H.S. South
Adjunct Faculty - Montgomery County Community College, Criminal Justice, Philosophy
Legal Practitioner - Research and General Practice

Academics (instructed)

  • Montgomery County Community College / Pa. Municipal Police Academy
Criminal Law
Ethics and the American Criminal Justice System* (sponsored)
Intro to Criminal Justice
Criminal Procedure
Juvenile Justice
Evidence
Criminology
Special Studies in Criminal Justice
Political Science I
Introduction to Philosophy

  • Villanova University
Business and Society/ Business Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy I and II

  • Rosemont College
Business Law I and II* (developed)

  • DeSales University
Ethics
Human Question
The Philosophy of Crime and Punishment

  • Widener University Law School
Legal Writing and Moot Court Advisor

  • Central Bucks School District
Law
Modern World History/ American Politics / Advanced Placement European
High academic to basic classes

  • North Penn School District
Social studies electives (law, sociology, and education)
High academic to basic classes

Legal Practice

  • Private Practice - General:
Domestics, Personal Injury, Incorporations, Wills, Resolution of Credit, Consumer, Insurance, Tax, Estate and Employment issues, Criminal Charges and Traffic Offenses, etc.

  • Legal Research and Writing:
Montgomery County Law Firms, Appellate Briefs, Constitutional Issues, etc.

  • Superior Court Clerkship

  • Public Defender Internship

Honors and Achievements

  • Elected to serve as Committee woman - Franconia NW
  • Selected to Participate in Supreme Court Seminar - Chief Justice Roberts in Bill of Rights Institute seminars
  • Named to Who's Who in Education (secondary and college levels)
  • Received full academic scholarships- undergraduate and graduate schools
  • Admitted to Widener Law Review; Moot Court Honor Society; to Law and Academic Professional Honor Societies
  • Awarded Environmental Law Seminar Scholarship
  • Named Aviation Law Forum Chair
  • Reviewed and edited legal texts for West Publishing
  • Participated in Participative Management Training (Merck)
  • Sponsored Child Abuse Prevention seminars
  • Founded Operation Eternal Gratitude - post 9/11 - to benefit Pentagon victims' Families and Military
  • Served on Press Advance teams of Presidents Ford and Reagan

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