Prodigy Bossele-Meehan

Academics

Education

Penn State Dickinson Law

2025 — 2028

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Juris Doctor Candidate, Class of 2028. Coursework in Criminal Law, Torts, Civil Procedure, Contracts, and Legal Writing, with a sustained focus on international and environmental law.

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

2017

Cape Town, South Africa

Teaching Certificate — Further Education & Training.

Graduated cum laude

University of the Western Cape

2016

Cape Town, South Africa

Bachelor of Arts — majors in French, Geography, and Tourism.

Dean's Merit ListGolden Key International Honours

Experience

Legal & pro bono work

From law-school clinics in Pennsylvania to grassroots refugee support in Cape Town — a decade of putting legal skill in service of people navigating hard systems.

2025 — 2026

Pardon Project

Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (PLSE)

Conducted client intake, drafted complete pardon applications, and verified accuracy of legal and factual statements.

2025

Name Change Assistance Clinic

Penn State Dickinson Law

Guided clients through the administrative and legal steps of the name-change process.

2025

License & Record Review Clinic

Cumberland County Bar Association

Reviewed driving histories to identify suspension causes and guided clients through license restoration processes.

2025 — 2026

MidPenn Legal Services Expungement Clinic

Penn State Dickinson Law

Assisted clients with record expungement, identifying eligibility and preparing documentation under attorney supervision.

2020 — Present

Wise Women Cooperation

DR Congo & South Africa · Legal Support Volunteer

Research and administrative support for an NGO advancing women's rights advocacy.

2014 — 2017

Congolese Civil Society of South Africa

Cape Town · Refugee & Immigration Support

Translated documents and supported asylum seekers navigating immigration and legal processes — drawing on fluency in four languages.

Scholarship

Research

Research details to be added — role, supervising faculty or organization, focus area, and dates.

Legal Employment

1L Summer

Motley Rice LLC

June — August 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Summer Law Clerk · Plaintiff-side litigation firm

Authored a litigation-readiness memorandum on Pennsylvania's proposed retroactive civil-revival window (HB 462, HB 464) for historical clergy-abuse claims, assessing enforceability of prior settlement waivers. Researched threshold issues across matters, including forum non conveniens and choice-of-law in a Costa Rican wrongful-death action and permissive joinder under the New Jersey Products Liability Act. Drafted motions in limine in consolidated product-liability litigation, arguing admissibility of prior-incident evidence.

Teaching

A decade in the classroom

Before the law, advocacy looked like teaching. Across three countries, Prodigy built programs, championed overlooked students, and learned that real change requires both listening carefully and acting decisively.

Berkshire School

2023 — 2025

Sheffield, Massachusetts · French Teacher · AI Advisory Committee · National SEED Project

Taught French language and culture across levels; advised students; led the Black Student Union and the Trailblazers program; founded a female-led mountain-biking club; and served on the AI Technology Advisory Committee, drafting policy recommendations on emerging technology in education.

Ligon Magnet Middle School

2021 — 2023

Raleigh, North Carolina · French & ESL Teacher

Advocated successfully for a standalone, right-sized English-language-learner program that still exists today. Founded a Diversity Club that tripled in size and closed the year with a celebration of traditions from fifteen countries. Coached girls' track and volleyball and organized cultural immersion travel to Paris.

Earlier chapters

2016 — 2020

Johannesburg · Cape Town · Los Angeles

Classroom teacher at Nova Pioneer (Johannesburg) and learning facilitator at Living Through Learning (Cape Town); founder of Elephant Alley Children's Books, a community-focused children's book venture in Los Angeles.

Service

Leadership & activities

At Penn State Dickinson Law, she connects student voices to institutional decisions — and keeps writing.

Plaintiffs' Law Association — Founder & President

2026 — 2027

Penn State Dickinson Law

Student Bar Association — Government Affairs Chair

2026 — 2027

Penn State Dickinson Law

Student Bar Association — DEI Chair & International Students Liaison

2025 — 2026

Penn State Dickinson Law

Co-developed BLSA mentorship and alumni-networking program for first-generation and minority students; built International Student Resource Hub for housing, legal, and cultural support.

BLSA — Finance Committee

2025 — 2026

Penn State Dickinson Law

Journal of Law and International Affairs

2025

Residential Student Blogger

Business Law Society — Secretary

2025 — 2026

Penn State Dickinson Law

CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute Scholar

2025

Council on Legal Education Opportunity

American Constitution Society Public Interest Law Fund International Law Society Women's Law Caucus Environmental Law Society Black Law Students Association International Law Association — American Branch Pennsylvania Bar Association

Honors

Awards

1L Mock Trial Competition — Winner

Spring 2026

Penn State Dickinson Law

Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Regional Competition — Competitor

2026

MABLSA · Philadelphia

CALI Excellence for the Future Award

Spring 2026

Legal Research — highest grade in the course

CALI Excellence for the Future Award

Spring 2026

Contracts — highest grade in the course

CLEO Legal Writing Award

2025

Council on Legal Education Opportunity · Pre-Law Summer Institute

Capabilities

Skills

Policy analysis Legal writing Legal research Cross-cultural communication

Fluency

Languages

Fluent in four languages — the working tools of an educator, translator, advocate, and community builder.

English

Français

Lingála

Afrikaans