Jennifer Allison, J.D., M.L.I.S., LL.M is the principal of Manuscript Spa.  

 

After graduating with her B.A. in English and German from Pacific Lutheran University, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to work in Germany as an English-language teaching assistant at a high school. 

 

Following her Fulbright year, she worked as a technical writer for many years in the software industry before transitioning to a career in the law. 

 

In 2007, Jennifer earned her J.D. from Pepperdine Law School, was admitted to the California Bar, and began working as a law librarian at the Pepperdine Law School Library. 

 

She earned her M.L.I.S. at San Jose State University in 2010. 

 

In 2012, Jennifer accepted a position as a librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law (FCIL) at the Harvard Law School Library.  She worked at Harvard until 2022.   

 

While at Harvard, Jennifer took a one-year leave of absence in 2017-18 to teach Legal English and substantive U.S. law classes at the law faculty of the University of Würzburg in Germany, where she also earned an LL.M., magna cum laude, in German law.  She returns to Germany to teach at the law faculty as visiting lecturer twice a year.

 

Jennifer has many scholarly interests and has published in a number of areas, including critical legal studies and comparative law.

 

In addition to the work she does as the principal of Manuscript Spa, Jennifer is also available for these projects: 

 

• German-to-English translation.

• In-person and online legal research instruction, including creating teaching materials and instructional videos.

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