Founder // CEO @ Malena addresses economic development and human rights in innovative ways, including a platform and a unique patented crowdfunding technology where you can shop gorgeous, ethically sourced goods that tell a story and empower people worldwide.
Malena supports these groups and individuals through growing their commercial enterprises, giving them a global market for their goods, and sharing their skills and their stories with you. Investing in people and their creative and entrepreneurial endeavors, so they can become economically independent, is the foundation for Malena. In investing in people and their work, we are investing in a better future for them, and for us all.
We will continue to invest in creative ways to support dignity and economic agency in communities around the world, building tools, networks, and infrastructure to support empowerment for people worldwide.
www.malena.com From April 2015 to Present (9 months) International Lawyer @ Areas of expertise:
Social Impact Law
Supply Chain Transparency + Trafficking in Supply Chains
Labor Issues
Human Rights
Social Enterprise + Social Good
Corporate Social Responsibility
Gender, Diversity, and Equality From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Instructor Team @ General Assembly transforms thinkers into creators through education and opportunities in technology, business, and design.
At General Assembly, we are creating a global community of individuals empowered to pursue work they love, by offering full-time immersive programs, long-form courses, and classes and workshops on the most relevant skills of the 21st century – from web development and user experience design, to business fundamentals, to data science, to product management and digital marketing.
Established in early 2011 as an innovative community in New York City for entrepreneurs and startup companies, General Assembly is an educational institution that transforms thinkers into creators through education in technology, business and design at fourteen campuses across four continents.
generalassemb.ly From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Faculty Member @ The School of Life is devoted to developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture. We address such issues as how to find fulfilling work, how to understand one's past, how to achieve calm, and how better to understand and, where necessary change, the world.
Headquartered in London, we operate around the globe, delivering our services down a number of channels to suit your different needs. We offer classes and therapies in person. We also publish books, film our events and make and sell a range of objects and tools that will assist you in the quest for a more fulfilled life. We also run a consulting and training service for businesses.
The School of Life is a place to step back and think intelligently about central emotional concerns. You will never be cornered by dogma, but we will direct you towards a variety of ideas from the humanities - from philosophy to literature, psychology to the visual arts – ideas that will exercise, stimulate and expand your mind. You will meet other curious, sociable and open-minded people in an atmosphere of exploration and enjoyment.
Learn more: www.theschooloflife.com From 2013 to Present (2 years) London, United KingdomFounding Mindfulness Teacher @ Designed and taught a pioneering program on redefining success for King’s College London Dickson Poon School of Law. This comprehensive program is the first of its kind, and includes innovative classes for law students on such themes as success, social good, and innovation in law and legal thinking, as well as wellbeing, values, and justice.
Designed and facilitated a panel event on Defining Your Own Success: Mindfulness and the Law with Lord Judge, Dean David Caron, and various academics and lawyers.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/newsevents/newsrecords/2013-14/Defining-you-own-Success.aspx
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/newsevents/newsrecords/Keeping-fit-to-perform.aspx From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) London, United KingdomWriter @ Blogger for Business, Small Business, Technology, Healthy Living, and Social Impact columns From March 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) Teacher @ Teach: Mindfulness & Creative Writing: Finding Your Inspiration and Social Media for Business and Life on the Go on Skillshare From January 2013 to Present (3 years) Judicial Law Clerk (Lawyer) to the Honorable Donald C. Pogue, Chief Judge @ From 2010 to August 2012 (2 years) Greater New York City AreaLitigation Associate, Specialist in Anti-Bribery FCPA law and Internal Investigations (Lawyer) @ From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) Legal Research Deputy @ Worked in Dakar, Senegal on issues of Islamic law, constitutional law, and resource governance. From September 2007 to February 2008 (6 months) War Crimes and Human Rights Legal Extern @ Drafted comprehensive report concerning the impending trial Hissène Habré, the former leader of Chad indicted for human rights violations and war crimes. From 2007 to 2007 (less than a year) Law Clerk to the President of the ICTY @ Law clerk for President Pocar of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. From 2006 to 2006 (less than a year) The Hague Area, NetherlandsGeographic Information & Mapping Unit and Statistics Specialist @ Specialist in sociopolitical issues in the former Soviet Republic. From 2004 to 2004 (less than a year) Geneva Area, SwitzerlandHenry Luce Scholar @ Henry Luce Foundation Scholarship Winner From 2003 to 2004 (1 year) Satellite Imagery Specialist & Country Analyst @ From 2001 to 2001 (less than a year)
L.L.M. @ London School of Economics and Political ScienceJuris Doctor @ University of California, Berkeley - School of Law From 2006 to 2008 B.S.F.S., School of Foreign Service @ Georgetown University From 1999 to 2003 JD, War Crimes/Water Law/Islamic & Constitutional Law @ l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar From 2007 to 2008 French History/Philosophy @ Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I)Université de GenèveIrish Politics & Literature @ Trinity College, DublinBioethics/Philosophy/Human Rights/Literature @ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/La Universidad de Chile From 2001 to 2002 High School @ Brentwood School From 1994 to 1999 Flynn Coleman is skilled in: International Law, Litigation, Legal Research, International Trade, Human Rights, Public Speaking, Courts, Social Entrepreneurship, Legal Writing, Economics, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, International Humanitarian Law, Administrative Law, War Crimes