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OCS invites students to meet our Alumnus-in-Residence, Daron K. Roberts ‘07. After several years coaching football (for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Detroit Lions, the West Virginia Mountaineers, and the Cleveland Browns), Mr. Roberts now teaches at the University of Texas, where he founded the Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation. He is a career coach and author of “Call an Audible: Let My Pivot from Harvard Law to NFL Coach Inspire your Transition.” He will have a small, candid group discussion over lunch and is available for one-on-one meetings with HLS students who may be thinking about a career other than law, or who plan to practice law, but want to have a game plan for making a transition in the longer term.

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.

Hear a distinguished panel of judges discuss reflections on the job itself, paths to becoming a judge, and benefits of clerkships, all with a unique…

Neil Levy is a partner in King & Spalding’s Energy Regulatory practice who is based in Washington DC. He represents power producers, marketers, developers, pipeline and distribution companies before federal and state agencies and courts of appeal. His work covers regulatory, litigation and transactional issues arising under the Federal Power Act, the Natural Gas Act, and other laws related to the energy sector. Earlier in his career, Neil also served as a Trial Attorney and Attorney-Advisor in the FERC Office of General Counsel. He has been recognized in band one by Chambers Global for his expertise in energy matters.

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.

Assistant Dean of Career Services, Mark Weber sits down with Kevyn Orr, head of the Washington DC office of Jones Day, to discuss the big…

Richard Fenyes ’95 is a Partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He advises clients on debt and…

Becky Zelenka is a corporate partner in the Washington, DC office of Fried Frank. Her practice focuses on “asset management work,” which is a broad description for what she does. Day-to-day, her work focuses on working with private equity firms and creating investment funds. She says, “we raise the funds for an M&A [mergers & acquisitions] team to go and use that money to buy a company or sell a company.” Becky’s practice is unique – and has a surprising “global nature” to it. In the podcast, she connects the type of corporate work that she does to the types of work that hedge fund, M&A and capital markets lawyers do.

Listen to Kate Darracott (HLS LL.M. ‘12), a capital markets associate in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s London office, discuss her practice. She also addresses…

Listen to Guillaume de Rancourt (HLS LL.M. ’11), a senior international arbitration associate in Cleary’s Paris office discuss the work he does. He will answer…

Ehud Barak, Proskauer Listen to Ehud Barak (HLS LL.M. ’09), an associate in the Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring and Bankruptcy department in Proskauer’s New York…

Engaging with HLS faculty makes for a more educational and enjoyable law school experience. More concretely, the strength of faculty recommendation letters can make or…

Why should you want to clerk? What do clerks actually do? How does the job vary by type of court and judge? What does the application process look like from the inside? How can you make the most of a clerkship once you have one? Learn the answers to these questions and more from recent clerks. This program is for everyone, 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs, at any stage of thinking about clerkships.

Have you considered applying for a judicial clerkship?  If not, why not?  Come hear distinguished panelists describe how their own clerkship experiences impacted their subsequent…

Blair Berk, a partner at Tarlow & Berk, details her experience as a private criminal defense lawyer. This podcast provides an excellent…

Stephen Rosenthal ’96, a Partner at Podhurst & Orseck, takes on civil cases of all types, across widely divergent…

While traditionally the majority of people who clerk do so straight out of law school, some choose to clerk later. In fact, some judges prefer…

State courts can offer fantastic clerkships. Every year, new HLS grads set out to gain experience (and adventure!) in state courts across the country. A…

Hear 2015 HLS LL.M. alum, Kartikey Mahajan, an associate in Clifford Chance's Singapore office, discuss his LL.M. job search and his career. He answers student questions after his presentation.

David Marroso (’00) is a trial lawyer in the Century City Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers. Clients…

For inspiration with your clerkship search, listen to a panel of 3Ls who secured clerkships later in their law school careers for one reason or another.