Category: Audio

Effectively Working with a Headhunter. What do headhunters do? How do they get paid? What should you do when headhunters call and should you work with them? HLS alumnus and legal recruiter, Jordan Abshire provides the answers. Recorded April 2013 Play Podcast

Natalie Perez '14 is an Engagement Manager in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company.  At McKinsey, Natalie works primarily with financial institutions. She worked as an SEO Intern at Cleary Gottlieb before law school and spent her 1L summer at the SEC and 2L summer working as a summer associate at Bingham McCutchen.

Richard Truesdale is a Partner and Co-Head of the Capital Markets Group at Davis Polk in New York. He has been identified by his clients as “simply the best capital markets lawyer in the world”.  Mr. Truesdell represents clients in U.S. and international capital markets transactions and advises on corporate governance and securities market regulation.

Richard Fenyes ’95 is a Partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He advises clients on debt and equity capital markets transactions as well as general corporate and securities law matters. In this podcast he gives an overview of corporate practice, how he found his way to his practice area, and what […]

Jonathan Benloulou '05 was a Partner in the Corporate Group in the LA office of Proskauer. His practice at Proskauer encompassed mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, corporate governance and securities laws matters. Jon started his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and in this podcast touches on how corporate practice differs in those markets.

Jason Myers is a Partner in Capital Markets Group in the New York office of Clifford Chance. Jason’s practice focuses on public and private capital markets transactions and other corporate finance and general corporate transactions in the real estate, hospitality and specialty finance sectors.

Madison McGreal ’18 will start as a consultant in the Boston office of BCG in the Fall of 2018 and serves as a Management Consulting Chair for the Harvard Association for Law and Business. Madison spent her 1L summer at BCG and her second summer working as a summer associate at Ropes & Gray. Prior […]

Tyler Vigen ’16 is a Consultant in the DC office of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  At BCG, Tyler focuses primarily on the BioPharma industry. Many HLS students know Tyler as the creator of HLS Dope, a project he undertook while a student at HLS. He spent his 1L summer at a US Attorney’s Office and […]

OCS advisor Jason McCann introduces a podcast on "do's and don'ts" when it comes to law firm mingling receptions for law students. This is an audio selection of presentation given on October 23, 2017 called "Masterclass: The Art of Mingling". Hosted by OCS, the speaker was Kevin Doolan, a lawyer and speaker on legal business development, who was previously the head of client relations for Eversheds Sutherland, an international law firm headquartered in England.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer’s Lou Ederer has represented companies from Tommy Hilfiger to Tom’s (the shoe maker) in precedent-setting cases involving counterfeit and brand protection disputes. His law firm partner John Ulin’s practice deals prominently protecting media and entertainment companies against piracy and unauthorized streaming. Hear about their cases and their careers in this podcast.

Dale Cendali, head of Kirkland & Ellis’s Copyright, Trademark, Internet and Advertising practice group, is perhaps one of the most highly regarded attorneys in the field of intellectual property litigation today. She has argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of 20th Century Fox, and represented J.K. Rowling, Walt Disney, Facebook, and the game maker […]

This podcast will address the Big Law job search as a rising 3L, and whether or not you should participate in EIP. Considering and searching for positions outside of Big Law is beyond the scope of this podcast, but if you are considering other options instead of or in addition to big law, make an appointment with an OCS advisor. Regardless of your situation, you should not rely solely on EIP to find a post-grad position at this stage.

OCS adviser Yih-hsien Shen discusses issues that international students can face during EIP.

While looking for an international job during EIP is in many ways the same as looking for a domestic summer job, there are also some different issues and questions that may arise. Listen to this podcast for a brief introduction to the international summer job search. You will learn the broad and specific questions you must consider to be as prepared as possible for your unique and exciting job search.

Learn how to gain the competitive edge for EIP by networking. Hear five things you can be doing right now to get your networking started and put yourself in a better position during EIP.

Dena Sacco from OCS discusses the Chicago legal market with Katy Lewis from Catamount Search Partners.