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“Data privacy law” is one of the hottest areas in private practice right now. But what exactly does the work entail? And where and how…

Aniika Goldman '10 is the Director of Music Publishing & Business Operations at Spotify. She graduated from HLS in 2010.  At HLS, she was part of the Criminal Justice Institute and the  Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. After clerking for Judge Algenon Marbley in the Southern District of Ohio, she joined Cooley LLP in NY as an associate in the litigation department. She practiced at Cooley for 3 years, after which she moved to an in-house counsel position at Spotify in November of 2014. After practicing in-house for about 2 years, she transitioned to become a content program manager at Spotify, a position she held for 1 ½ years before moving to her current role in May of 2017. 

The second event in HALB’s Women’s Leadership Speaker Series featured Kim Koopersmith, Chairperson of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and Jami Wintz McKeon, Chair of Morgan Lewis. These two important leaders joined us for a fireside chat where they discussed their respective paths to managing these two global law firms, challenges they faced along the way, and their outlooks on the rapidly changing legal market.

Why would 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. (For 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs at any stage of thinking about clerkships.)

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

For judicial clerkships and certain other jobs, the strength of faculty recommendation letters can make or break an application. Even aside from those concrete needs, engaging with HLS faculty also makes for a more educational and enjoyable law school experience. Hear tips from a panel of popular professors about how best to cultivate substantive relationships with faculty. This program is designed especially for 1Ls but also may be beneficial to other students.

Listen to Rosalia Roman (HLS LL.M. '10), a project finance associate in Clifford Chance's Washington DC office discuss her project finance practice and the Washington DC market for LL.M.s. At the end of the program she answers student questions.

This program features Mark Stadnyk (HLS LL.M. '11), an international arbitration associate in Norton Rose Fulbright's NY office. Hear him discuss his his international arbitration practice and the market for LL.M.s, and answer student questions.

HLS Professors and former SCOTUS Clerks Andrew Crespo and Daphna Renan will address the job itself, positioning yourself in advance, strategies for putting together the…