Matthew Cooke

JD Candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Law Fellow at UCLA Voting Rights Project
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Law Student
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Research Assistant
      Sep 2024 - May 2025 · 9 mos

      Research Assistant to Professors Richard L. Hasen and Ariela Gross.

  • Summer Associate at Jones Day
    May 2025 - Jul 2025 · 3 mos

  • Judicial Extern at United States District Court, Central District of California
    May 2024 - Jul 2024 · 3 mos

  • Development Specialist at Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 · 7 mos

    Conducted grant-writing and research for a portfolio of anti-poverty programs impacting homelessness, food insecurity, early childhood education, and financial well being. I also managed an internal donor database and conducted donor outreach through email marketing, direct mailers, and web campaigns.