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Interested in continuing public service but want to gain experience at a firm? Want to learn more about how pro bono works at a firm? Hear four law firm attorneys' perspectives on working on pro bono matters at their firm. Attorneys from Cleary, Jenner, Ropes and Foley Hoag will discuss how their pro bono program is set up, how projects are staffed, and more. 

Before heading out to your summer or post-graduate job, listen to a candid discussion about navigating workplace misconduct in the legal profession. Expert panelists discuss practical steps to take if you experience or witness misconduct.

Meet Alumni-in-Residence Joe Hurd '95, who advises tech start-ups through his consulting firm, The Katama Group LLC and is a Director of GoCompare.com and of Edelman, a global marketing, PR and communications firm. Mr. Hurd discussed applying lessons learned at HLS during his extensive career in the technology sector, which includes executive positions at Facebook, Friendster, Gannett, VideoEgg, and AOL, and his work during the Obama administration as Senior Director for Export Promotion and Trade Policy in the US Department of Commerce. While at HLS, Mr. Hurd was on the ILJ, and a member of BLSA and APALSA.

Why would you want to clerk? What do clerks actually do? How does the job vary by type of court and judge? Why and how should you research judges in advance? What does the application process look like from the inside? How can you make the most of a clerkship once you have one? Hear the answers to these questions and more from recent clerks.

Merritt Baer '10, Principal Security Architect for Global Accounts at Amazon Web Services, is a cloud security expert who advises Amazon’s largest customers on technical security questions to create ecosystem-level improvements.

Join HALB and OCS for a conversation with Billy Gonzalez ’04, Senior VP at Audax Group. Learn how to make the jump from law school…

Learn about how to build a career in capital markets and leveraged finance in Europe, from attorneys from the London office of Latham & Watkins.

HALB and OCS present Careers in Investment Banking, your opportunity to learn more about what investment bankers do, the recruitment process and timeline, and special concerns and issues for J.D. students seeking to break into i-banking and finance.

Thinking about alternatives to practice at a large law firm, now or in the longer term? Listen to alumnae Megan Siddall '09, Ruth O'Meara Costello '06, and Sharon Lincoln '02 and learn about their practices at smaller firms. Ms. Siddall represents clients in white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation matters at Demeo; Ms. O'Meara Costello represents clients in Title IX, criminal defense and employment law matters at Zalkind, Duncan, & Bernstein; and Ms. Lincoln advises clients on tax issues as part of the Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group at Casner & Edwards, Each of them took different paths from HLS to their current positions, and will share their stories and advice with you.

Jonas Blank ’04, Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at NBCUniversal Media, LLC. After law school, Mr. Blank practiced at Skadden Arps in…

“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…