Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 1:00–2:30 PM | Furman Hall 120
Are you interested in using your legal skills to help shape government policy?
Thousands of lawyers work in general counsels’ offices in federal agencies, and they have a direct impact on how government delivers on its promises. As the primary legal advisors for federal departments and agencies, general counsels’ offices do many jobs—from advising on the legal tools undergirding major policy initiatives, to counseling agency staff on the decisions necessary to implement those policies, to driving agencies’ affirmative litigation and enforcement strategies and working with the Department of Justice to defend agency actions in court. Join the Center for Law and Public Trust and the Law and Government Society for a lunchtime discussion about why a job in a general counsel’s office may be the most impactful government lawyer job you never considered.
The discussion will feature:
- Sam Bagenstos, Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Seth Frotman, Former General Counsel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Karl Thompson, Former Deputy Counsel to the President
