Category: Audio

Whether you left law to raise children, care for ill parents, address personal matters, or switch careers, there is a way back in, even if you have been out for 10+ years. This program addresses how to frame your prior experience and your hiatus in order to move toward reentering the legal workforce. Patricia Hennessy is an HLS alumna who coaches individuals on all career related matters including re-entry.  Lindsey Boyle is the Hiring Manager of the OnRamp Fellowship which is a national program that provides year-long reentry opportunities to lawyers.

Nicole Simon ’10 is an investment management attorney in the New York office of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP. In this podcast, she gives an overview of the practice area, how she found her way to the practice area, and encourages students to explore this practice area even if they do not have a finance or business background.

Noelle Reed ’96 is the head of Skadden’s Houston litigation practice. She works across a number of areas including white collar investigations, securities litigation, and general commercial litigation.  Prior to joining Skadden, Noelle was a trial attorney with DOJ’s Terrorism and Violent Crime Division as well as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of Texas.

Get up to speed about what's going on in the legal market by joining Mark Weber, Assistant Dean for Career Services for a discussion on the legal economy.

The Transfer Student EIP Q&A Conference Call is an interactive discussion with OCS staff about on our on-campus interview program, Early Interview Program (EIP).

Ellen Ching, a 2007 graduate of HLS is a partner in the corporate department at Paul Weiss in New York City. Ellen focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings. She has represented both publicly traded and privately held companies in a broad range of industries and has been named a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal.

Mythili Raman is co-chair of Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice. She spent the first part of her career at the Department of Justice including most recently as the head of DOJ’s Criminal Division.

Giselle Joffre is a partner in Foley Hoag's Litigation Department, specializing in white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and compliance consulting for clients in the healthcare and financial services industries. Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Giselle was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston, where she specialized in the prosecution of healthcare fraud. Giselle began her career at Ropes & Gray in Boston. She says that one of the rewards of white collar litigation is getting to the advocate on the substantive issues quickly and conducting internal investigations that allow you to shape the narrative of the case.

Ameek Ponda '92 and Amy Sheridan '05 are partners in the tax department of Sullivan & Worcester in Boston, MA. In this podcast, they give a high-level overview of tax practice, including the types of skills that are necessary to be successful. Ms. Sheridan advises tax-interested students to take advantage of relevant coursework at HLS, saying that the "attorneys who think of the principles of the code and how the [tax] code should work find the practice incredibly interesting and are also good tax attorneys."

Understanding whether a law firm office is "highly selective" or a "target" for you is not an exact science. But this podcast can help. Region-specific information is included.

Betsy Dipardo from OCS discusses the state of the legal market in Boston with Jacon McCann, a recruiter with Gridline .

Hear Margie Boone from OCS discuss the New York legal market with Nicole Donnelly, a recruiter from Cardinal Legal Search.

Hear Sara Dana of OCS discuss the Washington, DC legal market with Dan Binstock, a recruiter from Garrison & Sisson, Inc.

Hear Marjorie Lichtenberger of OCS discuss the state of the legal market for U.S. law students and grads in London with April Stockfleet, a recruiter based in Europe. 

You may be listening to this podcast for many different reasons: you may have received an offer but were not thrilled with your summer experience; you may still be waiting to hear from your summer employer; you may not have received an offer; or, you may have worked in a position that would not have resulted in an offer anyway (either at a smaller firm, international office, or at a public interest employer).

In this podcast JD Adviser Yih-hsien Shen will give an overview of the callback process, including scheduling, what to expect, and how to prepare. She will also talk briefly about the post-callback process: waiting for, and considering offers. We also encourage you review Callback interviews for more in-depth coverage of the issues discussed in this podcast.

In this podcast we'll cover how you should go about considering various practice areas to narrow down your list of employers. 

As you prepare for EIP, you need to determine in which city you would like to spend your 2L summer and begin your legal career. For some students the answer to this question is easy and for others narrowing down the choices is a genuine struggle. In this podcast, advisor Betsy Dipardo offers suggestions on how to decide on a location and also explains how critical it is that you make these choices now rather than putting them off until later.

Congratulations on your acceptance to Harvard Law School! Get up to speed on the Early Interview Program at HLS with this podcast exclusively for transfer students. This podcast will help you navigate the logistics of EIP and get you prepped for a great EIP week.

If you are thinking of investigating opportunities in management consulting or investment banking, this podcast is for you. Learn about business careers recruitment at HLS and ensure that you’re up to speed on how to best prepare for this type of recruitment process.