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Join us for a brief, 30 minute presentation to explore several new tools that will support your research for the Ames Brief assignment on both Westlaw and Lexis. Event will now be on Zoom: https://relx.zoom.us/meeting/register/Uq204FUxR02n4vEJ4XmeQQ

Jennifer Lane is Lead Ethics Counsel at Airbnb and co-chairs Women at Airbnb, shaping enterprise ethics and trust. She led high-stakes FINRA enforcement matters against major broker-dealers, examining C-suite witnesses, parsing complex trading data, and negotiating global resolutions. As an SDNY federal prosecutor, she handled serious white-collar cases and built diversity and diversion initiatives with national influence. Click to register.

Pamela Martinson is a business-focused leader, board member, and counselor with deep experience in finance, corporate governance, risk management, and bank regulation. Formerly a senior partner at Sidley Austin and earlier with Cooley, she advises executives and boards on complex matters, secured financings, reorganizations, and growth through disruption. She is Chief Legal Officer of Visionary Fiber Technologies and serves on multiple financial technology and banking boards.Click to register.

Viroopa Volla is a Senior Associate at Alvarez and Marsal in San Francisco, advising high-stakes restructurings and special situations in the firm’s North American Commercial Restructuring practice. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs, PJT Partners, McKinsey and Company, Walmart, and Star India. Viroopa earned her A.B. in Economics, cum laude, from Harvard College, followed by a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. with honors from Harvard Business School through the joint JD/MBA program. Click to register.

Woodie Dixon is Golden State’s Chief Legal Officer. He leads business and legal affairs across the Warriors, Valkyries, and related entities, overseeing contracts, litigation, real estate, governance, and strategic initiatives. He previously served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Chegg for five years, and earlier as General Counsel at the Pac-12 and the Kansas City Chiefs. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an MS from UMass Amherst, and a BA from Amherst College, and he serves on several sports-law boards. Click to register.

David E. White Jr. served as the 14th Deputy Director of the Peace Corps and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He held senior Biden-Harris roles at the State Department, Presidential Personnel, and the National Security Council, helping coordinate resettlement support for nearly 90,000 Afghan allies. He is a wounded Army cavalry officer and Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient. He graduated from West Point and Harvard Law School cum laude, clerked on the Ninth Circuit, and worked at Wachtell Lipton. Click to register.

Start learning more about enrolling in a clinic next year before Course and Clinic Selection season begins! Hear from current clinic students about the experience and ask them any questions that are on your mind. See the Clinical Registration Center for more information about enrolling in a clinic. Join Zoom meeting: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97354531253?pwd=Ljlo4lz1AxbWqDLcCZZp1HnOT8tSa3.1 Password: 975003 Join […]

This talk examines how the Syrian war formally ended through a military campaign in late 2024 without producing a political settlement. While large-scale fighting concluded, the conflict did not close with a negotiated bargain over power, authority, or the future structure of the Syrian state. Drawing on field engagement, Track II dialogues, and the author’s […]