BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250923T1904Z-1758654254.095-EO-724286-1@10.73.0.41 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260408T103901Z CREATED:20250923T151232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T192515Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T131500 SUMMARY: Big Law to Public Service\, How Lawyers Have Found Their Path Thro ugh Animal Law DESCRIPTION: Please join the HLS Animal Law Society for a conversation with Caitlin Hawkes (Chief Program Officer\, ALDF)\, Melissa Alpert (HLS ’17\, Staff Attorney Humane World for Animals) and Stijn van Osch (Staff Attorney \, Humane World for Animals\,). All three made the leap from Big Law to pub lic service\, and they’ll share what that transition was […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Please join the HLS Animal Law Society for a conversation with Caitlin Hawkes (Chief Program Officer\, ALDF)\, Meliss a Alpert (HLS ’17\, Staff Attorney Humane World for Animals) and Stijn van Osch (Staff Attorney\, Humane World for Animals\,). All three made the leap from Big Law to public service\, and they’ll share what that transition wa s really like—the challenges\, the opportunities\, and their best advice fo r anyone considering a purpose-driven legal career—now or after some time i n Big Law. Lunch will be provided from Veggie Grill. Please register here so we can get an estimate on number of lunches.

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