All ISIP LLM students are invited to attend the New York County Lawyers’ Association’s virtual event, Legal Careers for International LLMs in the US on April 2 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Attendance is free for current students. More information can be found below.
Course Details
Join us for a panel discussion about the career opportunities available to international graduates of U.S. LL.M. programs and strategies for obtaining a U.S.-based legal career.
We will also addresses how employing international LL.M. graduates helps achieve diversity and inclusion within business organizations as well as within the broader legal profession.
Our panelists are successful U.S. lawyers who obtained their first law degrees outside the U.S., followed by LL.M. degrees in the U.S. at many prestigious institutions.
You will learn how the panelists achieved diverse legal careers in the U.S. ranging from partner in a major U.S. law firm to a sole proprietor, counsel at a foundation, BigLaw associate, and corporate counsel.
After the formal program is concluded, there will be an opportunity to VIRTUALLY network with the other attendees, panelists and program chairs from 6:45 PM — 7:15 PM.
FACULTY
Program Co-Sponsor: NYCLA’s Committee on Inclusion of International Lawyers in the U.S. Legal Profession
Program Chairs: Beth Chen and Yahel Kaplan, Co-Chairs, NYCLA’s Committee on Inclusion of International Lawyers in the U.S. Legal Profession
Moderator: Clara Solomon, Senior Director, Counseling and Career Development, NYU School of Law
Panelists: Sonal Sharma (LL.M.’13), Sharma Law Associates; Joseph Mayo (LL.M.’23), Joseph Mayo PLLC.; Jorge V. Fernandez (LL.M.’20), Outright Action International; Malo Cloarec (LL.M.’17), Cadwalader; Rotimi Adejoorin (LLM. ’24), Lera Technologies
RSVP here: https://www.nycla.org/course/legal-careers-for-international-llms-in-the-us-cle040225/