Luke Gorman

9 King Drive, Carlisle, PA 17015

(717) 414-6909 lzg5443@psu.edu

EDUCATION
Penn State Dickinson Law, Carlisle, PA
Juris Doctor Expected, May 2025
Honors: Full Tuition Merit Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s Fellowship Recipient
Activities: Associate Editor: Dickinson Law Review; Founding Student Member: Juris Libertas—
Cumberland County Prison Education Program; Student Member: Public Interest Law
Fund; Student Competitor:1L Internal Mock Trial Competition
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, in Applied Mathematics and Political Science, April 2021
WORK EXPERIENCE
Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Fall Extern, Anticipated Fall 2023
 Anticipated duties include assisting with the drafting of motions, memoranda, and briefs,
participating in client interviews and counseling, preparing questions for experts, and observing
numerous stages of trial.
Lancaster County Public Defender’s Office, Lancaster, PA
Intern, May 2023–August 2023
 Conducting legal research into a variety of legal issues, including parole reporting requirements,
evidence suppression, witness intimidation, and analysis of discovery.
 Drafting legal briefs and informational internal memoranda.
 Being present at various stages of the litigation process by viewing preliminary hearings, client
interviews, parole violation hearings, voir dire hearings, and trials.
American Economic Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Editorial Assistant, August 2021–June 2022
 Built effective and efficient reports for each journal by collecting and analyzing data to
be easily understood by the editorial staff.
 Improved communication between the editorial staff and publishing office by maintaining a
transparent communication structure.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
United Nations Development Programme
UN Volunteer, April 2022–July 2022
 Responsible for the consistent and reliable analysis of databases of COVID-19 related public
health measures and their associated effects on climate.
INTERESTS
Painting, Space, Parliamentary Procedure