Event Tag: LLM

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Whether you are interested in corporate law, privacy, antitrust, consumer protection, civil rights, tort defense, employment, criminal, appellate, or almost any other practice area, State Attorneys General offices offer unparalleled opportunities to do good, serve the public, and engage in impactful legal work. Best of all, you can do it from your home state! Join Wasserstein Fellow and Deputy Colorado Attorney General Nathan Blake to learn more about how State AGs are on the front lines of defending the rule of law and taking on the biggest corporations harming consumers. From high-stakes Supreme Court cases to counseling government agencies to engaging in possibly the last place in the country where constructive bipartisan work occurs, working for a State Attorney General should be on your shortlist of promising career paths.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP below! Open to the HLS community.

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Headshot of Professor Danielle Allen

Professor Danielle Allen explores the history of how government and university research became intertwined, what that relationship has produced since 1945, but also what was missing in that vision that has led higher education into the vulnerable territory it now finds itself. Facing a decline in trust by the public as well as the challenges posed by the Trump administration, she proposes that a new social contract which makes central a firm educational foundation in Civic Strength is what these times call for.

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Want to learn more about movement lawyering? Join Wasserstein Fellow Azadeh Shahshahani as she speaks about her work in the U.S. South and support for social movements in the Global South as a movement lawyer. Azadeh will delve into the theory of change behind movement lawyering, what movement lawyering looks like in practice, and how to prepare yourself for a career as a movement lawyer during your time in law school.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP below! Open to the HLS community.

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Join Wasserstein Fellow Kassandra Gonzalez for a conversation on defending the rights of immigrants at a time of uncertainty and fear for immigrant communities across the nation. Kassandra will discuss her recent cases challenging civil rights violations of immigrants in Texas — including filing Habeas Corpus petitions to prevent her clients’ removals to El Salvador’s CECOT prison and Guantanamo Bay, wrongful death actions for the deaths of children detained by Customs and Border Protection, and others. She will explore what it means to be a litigator in a time of democratic erosion and offer practical insight for students interested in immigrants’ civil rights.

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While it’s true that the tech industry has immense control in the current political climate and offer many financially appealing jobs, there is a growing and urgent necessity for energy and legal skills to advocate for the average person in the digital age. Whether it’s working in a variety of government roles, as part of housing or immigration work, at a civil society organization, in political activism, or influencing better behavior from inside some companies, there is an opportunity and sometimes an obligation to engage in tech policy work. The widespread abuse of data and use of AI in nearly every sector demands legislative, regulatory, and legal intervention work by people with public interest as their north star. Wasserstein Fellow Ben Winters will talk about his roles in academia, government, civil society, and political groups – furthermore, he will provide a survey of job paths available for people who want to explicitly focus on tech policy as well as people looking to integrate it into any work they plan on doing. He’ll also discuss the challenges and opportunities of working on the less resourced side.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP below. Open to the HLS community.