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Sean Fitzmichael Devlin (born August 12, 1981) is an aspiring lawyer and higher education reform activist.

Early Life and Education
Devlin was born in Liege, Belgium on August 12, 1981 to American expatriot parents. He is the fourth of five children.

Devlin played on the Darien Dogs soccer team between 1992 and 1996 which won five Connecticut Junior State Cup Championships. NHL hockey player Ryan Shannon was also a member of this standout youth team.

Devlin attended the International School of Brussels, Nichols School, Darien High School and Westminster School. Devlin earned a B.A. in English from Colgate University in 2005. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and the rugby club at Colgate. Sean also served as the Senior Class Gift Co-Chairman and was elected Inter-Fraternity Council Vice-President and Scholarship Chairman. Sean founded F.A.C.T. (Freedom of Association Coalition for Truth) and served as its President. He is currently enrolled at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts and is expected to receive his J.D. in 2010.

Higher Education Reform
As an undergraduate at Colgate University, Devlin founded F.A.C.T. (Freedom of Association Coalition for Truth) in opposition of the New Vision for Residential Education unveiled in 2003 by President Rebecca Chopp. Devlin also ran as a candidate for Colgate's Alumni Corporation with a full slate of independant candidates. This was the first time in the history of Colgate University that elections were challenged by alumni. Devlin is on the Board of Directors for A Better Colgate, an organization working with students and alumni to improve the educational experience of undergraduates at Colgate University. A Better Colgate is currently seeking to allow alumni to elect members to Colgate University's Board of Trustees in hopes that elections will provide greater accountability to alumni from the Board of Trustees. He is also the President of the Mu of Delta Kappa Epsilon Alumni Corporation which sued Colgate University in federal and state courts over the New Vision for Residential Education.

Career
In the summer of 2005, Devlin joined the faculty of the St. Ignatius School in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx, New York. He taught 7th and 8th grade English reading and composition for two years to Hispanic and African-American at-risk youth.

Devlin has interned at the Suffolk County District Attorny's Office in their Major Felony Unit. He has also worked at Baker & McKenzie's Amsterdam office as a Summer Associate in their Corporate Commercial/M&A and International Corporate Tax groups.