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Ryan Royce, ’11, hired by the U.S. Second Circuit in NYC
February 5, 2013
PORTLAND, Maine – Ryan Royce, a 2011 graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, magna cum laude, has accepted a position in New York City as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Royce will start his new job in August. For the past two years, he participated in the highly competitive U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, clerking for immigration judges in Dallas, Texas.
A native of Augusta, Maine, Royce graduated from Cony High School and the University of Southern Maine with a degree in Political Science. In 2007 and 2008, Royce worked in the Czech Republic, where he was head scheduler and event organizer for the Prague Society for International Cooperation.
Royce enrolled at the University of Maine School of Law in 2008. During his time at Maine Law, Royce clerked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, for Judge Kermit V. Lipez, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and for the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He was case note and comment editor for the Maine Law Review. Royce was the recipient of a Maine Law Alumni Association Scholarship, and he also received a Pro Bono Publica Award for performing more than 80 hours of pro bono work during law school.
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