Andrew Mendelssohn, who taught Legal Writing I and Legal English for us last semester has been promoted to Director of Legal Skills Programs (ie courses like Legal Writing I & II, Contract Drafting & Negotiations), and of course he will continue to teach these courses as well as directing others.  Andrew is also not yet on our web site.  Andrew obtained his Bachelors Degree from UC Berkeley, and his J.D. from Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.  Upon graduation from law school, Andrew worked as in-house counsel for a mortgage company.  Then he joined a small California law firm where he specialized in bankruptcy, real estate and business law.  In 2002 he moved to North Carolina to open his own law practice, but after a couple of years he was bitten by the travel bug so took a position with a US government grantee and moved to Ekaterinburg to teach History, English, and Human Rights Law at various Ekaterinburg universities, including the Urals State Law Academy. He moved to Moscow at the end of 2007.  He is a member of the California and North Carolina Bars.