Welcome Reception, Dinner and Presidents’ Remarks, and Affinity Group Roundtables

BLSA, LALSA, and NALSA Presidents will welcome attorneys and students with a reception. Dinner and Presidents’ Remarks will be followed by Affinity Group Roundtables for students and alumni.

Presidents
Carolyn Click, class of 2024, NALSA President
Sidne Norman, class of 2024, BLSA President
Leslie Ramirez, class of 2024, LALSA President

Check-in and Breakfast

Coffee and pastries will be available in The Commons for Bootcamp participants. Check-in will be in the Gallery (in front of rooms 182, 184, and 186 in Myron Taylor Hall).

Remarks from Senator Zellnor Myrie, Keynote Speaker

Cornell Law School alum Senator Zellnor Myrie ’16 (20th NY State Senate District) will open the day’s programming.

Big Law in New York City

Attorneys at law firms with a wide array of practices will present on their experiences and career trajectories in the New York City market. 
Panelists:
Brittany D. Ruiz ’13 – Partner, Latham & Watkins
Adebola (Bola) Olofin ’17 – Associate, Wachtell
Mateo de la Torre ’16 – Associate, King & Spalding
Oleg Zakatov ’14 – Senior Counsel, Proskauer

Non-New York City Market Panel

Attorneys at law firms with a wide array of practices outside the New York City market will present on their experiences and career trajectories.
Panelists:
Dan Rosales ’15 – Associate, Mayer Brown
Eric Fastiff ’95 – Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Kezia Osunsade ’21 – Associate, Alston & Bird
Gabriella Pico ’22 – Associate, White & Case

Public Interest Panel

Attorneys in a variety of public interest jobs will present on their experiences and career trajectories.

Panelists:
Alisa Whitfield – Staff Attorney, Kids in Need of Defense and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Zellnor Myrie ’16 – Senator, 20th NY State Senate District
Cristina Quiñones-Betancourt, ’14 – Supervising Attorney, Mobilization for Justice
Julia Giffin, ’20 – Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice

Lunch and Roundtables

Clerkships Panel

Former and current judicial clerks, including Carl Rizzi ’16, Cornell’s Director of Judicial Clerkships, will present on their experiences and the value of clerkships.

Panelists:
Seantyel Hardy ’18 – Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, formerly clerk to the Hon. Kathleen M. Williams, United States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida (2020-2022)
West Overstreet ’20 – Assistant Law Clerk, the Hon. Kathy J. King, New York County Supreme Court, Medical Malpractice Part
Justin Mungai ’16 – Associate, Wilkinson Stekloff; formerly clerk to the Hon. Mark J. Bennett, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2020-21) and the Hon. Barry Albin, Supreme Court of New Jersey (2016-17)
Carl Rizzi ’16 – Director of Judicial Clerkships, Cornell Law School; formerly clerk to the Hon. Paul A. Crotty, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (2017-18) and the Hon. Raymond W. Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2016-2017)

Alternative Legal Careers

Attorneys with careers outside of law firms will present on their experiences and career trajectories.

Panelists:
Emmanuel H. Arnaud, ’16 – Assistant Professor of Law, Cardozo Law
Maria Fernandez ’92 – Advisory Board Member, Nido Ventures and Advisory Consultant, Employment Practices Solutions, Inc.
Korica Simon ’21 – Associate, Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law
Luis Manuel Rico Román ’22 – Cleary Gottlieb Fellow, ACLU – Voting Rights Project

Mock Interviews

Attorney volunteers will conduct one-on-one mock interviews and provide feedback to participating students.

Closing Remarks

BLSA, LALSA, and NALSA Presidents will deliver closing remarks.