Isabel Arriagada Guillermo Saavedra 66 Rancagua, Chile [email protected] ♦ 9 159 3432 Skype: isabelarriagada00 Postal Code: 8340402
EDUCATION______
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile – March 2013 – January 2014 • Masters in Sociology (GPA 6.5/7.0) Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile – March 2004 - December 2008 • Bachelor in Legal and Social Sciences (GPA 7.0/7.0) • Sworn in as an attorney by the Chilean Supreme Court, August 2012
RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE______
Director, NGO LEASUR (Structural Litigation for South America NGO). January 2014 - ongoing • Provide legal assistance regarding inmates’ rights for LEASUR, an interdisciplinary NGO composed of lawyers, sociologists and psychologists who aim to make visible social conflicts inside the penitentiary system. Information available at www.leasur.cl Researcher. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2013 • Performed sociological research at the Catholic University working as a thesis student on the Fondecyt grant-financed project "Criminal Trajectories of Young Adolescents". Researcher. Universidad de Chile. January 2012- December 2013 • Performed legal research in the areas of judicial reform of the criminal procedure. Coordinated courses for the Chilean Judicial Academy on criminal law and criminal procedure. Information available at http://web.derecho.uchile.cl/cej/htm/ Teaching Assistant, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile – 2006 - ongoing • Work closely with faculty assisting in teaching, developing evaluations and correcting exams. • During this job, I provided students with guidance for their theses in course entitled “Criminal Policies”. Teaching Assistant, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile - 2012 • Work closely with faculty assisting in teaching, developing evaluations and correcting exams in the course “Criminal Law” Recording Secretary, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile – 2010 - 2012 • Provided assistance for the Institutional Development Project of the Law School of the Universidad de Chile
AWARDS_AND HONORS______
Fulbright Scholar. 2014. Fundación Volcán Calbuco, Scholarship for Social Science and Humanities, 2013 • Scholarship from a Chilean foundation to pursue master studies. National Commission of Science and Technology, Scholarship, 2013 • Competitive government scholarship that covers tuition as well as providing a living stipend to small number of Chilean students pursuing graduate studies. Carey Prize, Award for academic excellence in Tax Law, 2009 • Award funded by a private law firm given annually to outstanding students in Tax Law courses at the Universidad de Chile Microjuris Prize, Award for Academic Excellence to top three students in the graduating class, 2008 • Privately funded award given annually to outstanding students at the Universidad de Chile Cariola, Diez, Perez-Cotapos Prize, for top students in Commercial Law, 2008. • Award funded by a private law firm given annually to outstanding students at the Universidad de Chile
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE______
Legal Tutor, Naranjo e Ibarrola Law Firm, Santiago, Chile – 2010-2011 • Tutored students preparing for the bar exam. Intern, Office of the Public Defender, Santiago, Chile – 2010. • Researched cases as an assistant of the Regional Public Defender of San Miguel. Interviewed defendants incarcerated at the Santiago I Public Prison. Intern, Carola, Diez, Perez-Cotapos Law Firm, Santiago, Chile – 2009 • Developed research skills in topics related to corporations, mergers and intangible property rights during a month-long internship at a private law firm. Intern, Economic Prosecutor’s Office, Santiago, Chile – April, 2008 • In the context of a course in Criminal Practice, reviewed whether potential fraud cases fell within the jurisdiction of the office.
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES______
Author (Titles translated). 1) The State Monopoly on Punishment: Retributivism and Private Prisons (2014). Revista Espacio Abierto. Uruguay. 2) Prison labor: the view from Economic Sociology (2014). Revista de Derecho Penal y Ciencias Penales. Sexta época. Volumen XLI. No 3, 2014. Document available in Spanish at https://uchile.academia.edu/IsabelArriagada/ 3) That the times do not overwhelm Law School (2014) in Homage to Antonio Bascuñán. Legal Publishing- Thomson Reuters. Santiago. Information available at http://xurl.es/eztwk 4) The Justice Abandoned: The Chilean Penitentiary System (2014). In Judicial Oversight in Latin American Prisons. Editorial Ediar, Buenos Aires. 5) Private Prisons: Beyond the cost-benefit debate (2013). Revista Política Criminal, 8(15), 210-248. Document available in Spanish at http://xurl.es/ob4q2 6) Private Prisons: The Chilean Case (2012). Revista de Estudios de la Justicia (17), 147-171. Document available in Spanish at http://xurl.es/6f8vb 7) Prisons and concessions: Private prisons and neoliberal punishment. (2012). Revista de Derecho Universidad Austral, 25(2), 9-31. Document available in Spanish at http://xurl.es/54209
Anonymus peer reviewer of academic journal articles 1) Revista de Estudios de la Justicia. Chile, 2014. 2) Revista Opinión Jurídica. Colombia, 2014. 3) Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud. Colombia, 2014. 4) Revista Piélagus. Colombia, 2014.
Conference presentations • Criminal Trajectories of Young Adolescents. Conference at the Delinquency and Violence Congress. Santiago. November, 2014. • The Chilean Penitentiary System. Institutional design and offender rehabilitation. Conference at the Social Work Department. Universidad de Las Américas. Santiago. November 2014. • The Justice Abandoned: The Chilean Penitentiary System. Conference of Criminal Law at Universidad Central de Chile. National Sociology Congress. La Serena. October 2014. • Private Prisons: Beyond the cost-benefit debate. Conference of Criminal Law at the Universidad Diego Portales Law School, Santiago de Chile. August 2014. • Prison labor: the view from Economic Sociology. Conference of Criminal Law at the Universidad Diego Portales Law School, Santiago de Chile, November, 2013. • The appeal for annulment in simplified proceedings before the Chilean Supreme Court of Justice. Conference of Criminal Law at the Justices National Association, Castro, April 2013.
Non-scholarly publications • About the old slogan of truth in sentencing. Available at http://www.elmostrador.cl/opinion/2015/02/10/sobre-el-viejo-eslogan-de-la-carcel-efectiva/ • I destroyed him. Available at http://eldesconcierto.cl/lo-faene-yo/ • Prison as a Machine of Inequality. Available at http://www.elmostrador.cl/opinion/2014/08/19/la-carcel- como-maquina-de-la-desigualdad/ • The Nightmare of the Minister. Available at http://www.redseca.cl/?p=5065 • The prison and the University. Available at http://www.redseca.cl/?p=5092
LANGUAGES______English (fluent); Spanish (native);
ACTIVITIES & INTEREST______Women´s Soccer. 2011- ongoing • Exposed to and trained in all positions of competitive play; currently specializing in defensive responsibilities, tackling, counterattacking, and support of ranging goalkeeper. Excellent timing and anticipation, positioning, reading the game. Knowledgeable in rules of the game, team and individual strategy. Leadership skills on and off the field. Club Name: Chamacas (Amateur Soccer League).