Analytical Foundation
Evidence-based thinking and methodical problem solving.
Open to patent & technology law opportunities
Technical curiosity.
Legal rigor.
Human clarity.
Salma Juarez brings a neuroscience foundation, a Juris Doctor, and experience turning complex records into clear legal work. Her background spans public defense, state agency counsel, disability benefits, and hands-on technology projects.
Juris DoctorateAlbany Law School · 2026
Integrative NeuroscienceB.S. · Binghamton University, SUNY · 2019
2Legal internships
3Legal & public-service roles
Professional strengths
Practice Ready
Externship and clinic experience across litigation and counseling.
Collaborative
Clear communicator who builds trust and advances team outcomes.
Values Driven
Committed to justice, equity, and meaningful impact.
01 / Case for fit
Building a foundation for a career in patent practice.
Salma is an early-career legal professional working toward a career in intellectual property, with a focus on patent law. Her legal training, technical background, and client-centered experience are building the foundation for that practice.
Understand the technology
A B.S. in Integrative Neuroscience from Binghamton, science teaching experience, and self-directed technology projects show comfort with technical systems. Neuroscience is listed in Category A of the USPTO General Requirements Bulletin.
- Integrative neuroscience
- Organic chemistry & physics teaching
- Hardware systems planning
Find the material fact
In public defense and agency counsel roles, Salma reviewed dense records, identified issues, refined legal writing, and organized multi-agency agreements.
- Discovery review
- Legal memoranda
- Contract & MOU analysis
Explain it to people
Bilingual client interviews, benefits screening, and healthcare service work sharpened the ability to communicate clearly across technical and personal contexts.
- English & Spanish
- Client interviewing
- Public-facing education
Evidence matrix
Experience to build on
CapabilityEvidencePractice value
Reading a technical record cold
A neuroscience curriculum; teaching organic chemistry and physics to undergraduates as a TA.
Understanding an invention well enough to write about it accurately.
Finding the fact that decides it
Discovery review at the Public Defender's Office — police reports, body-camera footage, witness statements, evidentiary records.
Prior-art review, claim charts, document discovery.
Writing so it holds up
Legal memoranda and correspondence for the OPWDD Office of Counsel; RFP and contract drafting at Maximus.
Specifications, office-action responses, agreements.
Cataloguing what was agreed
Evaluated and catalogued memoranda of understanding between OPWDD and sister state agencies.
License, assignment, and portfolio review.
Explaining it to the person it affects
Arraignment interviews; federal disability-benefit intake; direct patient care at Albany Medical Center.
Inventor interviews and client counselling, in English or Spanish.
02 / Selected projects
Curiosity made visible.
These projects are not presented as inventions or client work. They show how Salma frames a problem, decomposes a system, and keeps learning beyond the classroom.
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40 case name · 42 volume · 44 reporter · 46 first page · 48 pincite · 50 year
Project 01
BluBookr
Bluebook and Whitebook practice built as a drill rather than a lookup table — the citation is taken apart and the student is asked to rebuild it. Salma works the rules side: which forms students actually get wrong, and how a question has to be phrased to catch the error.
Explore BluBookrProject 02
Interactive Smart Mirror
A two-way acrylic sheet over an IPS panel, driven by a Raspberry Pi, with an infrared touch overlay, wake-on-approach motion sensing, and perimeter lighting. Phase one tests the optics with nothing but a monitor and mirrored acrylic; phase two commits to the enclosure, the controller, and the touch layer.
Current stage: component selection and MVP planning03 / Experience
Legal training grounded in service.
Across court, government, healthcare, and benefits work, Salma has repeatedly handled high-volume information where accuracy affects real people.
Feb — May 2026
Legal intern
Schenectady County Public Defender’s Office
Reviewed discovery including police reports, body-camera footage, witness statements, and evidentiary records; supported initial appearances and arraignments through client interviews and fact gathering.
Aug 2025 — May 2026
Patient care associate
Albany Medical Center
Direct patient care carried alongside a full law-school course load.
Jun — Aug 2024
Legal intern · Office of Counsel
NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
Supported the Deputy Counsel on a long-term project evaluating and cataloguing memoranda of understanding between OPWDD and sister state agencies. Edited internal legal memoranda and correspondence for clarity and compliance, and sat in on program and policy meetings. Medicaid, Contracts & Real Estate Bureau.
Oct 2019 — Nov 2021
Eligibility specialist
Maximus Inc.
Conducted intake screenings for federal disability benefits, coordinated medical-record requests, and contributed to an RFP and contracts during a competitive bidding process.
Legal education · 2026
Albany Law School
Juris Doctor
Women’s Leadership Initiative Fellow · Diversity CommitteeTechnical foundation · 2019
Binghamton University, SUNY
B.S., Integrative Neuroscience & General Anthropology
Teaching Assistant: Organic Chemistry & Physics · Research Assistant, English Department · Summer College MentorCertification & service
SOAR · 2020
SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access & Recovery
Vice President, Secretary, and Public Relations Chair, American Red Cross Club at Binghamton, 2016–2019. Maternal and child care volunteer, United Health Services.04 / Contact
Let’s discuss the work.
Open to patent prosecution, patent litigation, and technology-law roles in New York City and the Capital Region. Résumé, transcript, and a writing sample on request.
(914) 893-8335 · Albany, New York