OutLaw

Loan Repayment Information Session

Michaela K. Rosettie Azemi, Esq. (she/her), Director of Pro Bono Services and Externships at Cornell Law, will present a session on loan repayment, particularly focusing on options for those working in public interest. She will be joined by Pamala Eaton (she/her), Admissions and Financial Aid Counselor, who administers Cornell’s Public Interest Low Income Protection Plan (PILIPP) and Akua Akyea, Assistant Dean for Public Service at Cornell Law School.

How to be Sort of Happy in Law School: Guided Discussion and Dinner

This will be a community-building opportunity for students to meet in small groups, lead by upperclassmen, and have a candid discussion about law school. Attendees will receive a free copy of Kathryne M. Young’s book, How to be Sort Of Happy in Law School, and will eat dinner with small discussion groups.

Opening Remarks

Alyssa Ertel (2L, she/her); Hannah Middlebrooks (2L, she/her); and Russell (2L, they/them) will offer opening remarks.

What I Wish I Knew: Job Search 101

A moderated panel of students and recent graduates will provide reflections on their summer and post-graduate job searches.

• Joanna Schacter (she/they, 3L)
• Ben Bussmann (he/him, 3L)
• Yuehui Ji, (she/her, 2L)
• Emery Staton (she/her, 2L)
• Russell (they/them, 2L)
• Lorelei Lee (they/them), Justice Catalyst Fellow

Break

Career Paths in Public Interest and Big Law

This panel will include both Big Law and Public Interest attorneys and will expose students to the breadth of career options available to them. Students will have the chance to hear about why attorneys chose different tracks and how they ended up where they are.

• Sarah Evans (she/they), Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
• Sabrina Hsieh (she/her), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Jared Ham (he/him), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Milo Primeaux (he/they), Law Office of Milo Primeaux, Esq.
• Molly Griffard (she/they), Equal Justice Works Fellow: The Legal Aid Society (NY)
• Carl Charles (he/him), Lambda Legal

Joint Sessions: Public Interest and Big Law

Students will select one of the following sessions to attend.

Paving Your Way to a Career in Public Interest Law. This panel will feature attorneys that practice in a variety of specialty areas within the realm of public interest law. Students will get to hear from attorneys from organizations such as Lambda Legal, the National Immigration Law Center, AIDS United, and more.

• Prof. Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer (she/her), Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
• Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán (she/her), AIDS United
• Molly Griffard (she/they), Equal Justice Works Fellow: the Legal Aid Society
• Omar Gonzalez-Pagan (he/him), Lamba Legal
• Matthew Lopas (he/him), National Immigration Law Center

Finding Your Fit: Firms and Practice Groups. Alyssa Ertel (she/her, 3L) will moderate a panel that will give students the opportunity to hear about different lawyers’ career paths, from how they chose a firm that aligned with their interests and values, to how they learned about and ultimately chose a practice group.

• Pedram Moussavi (he/him), Paul, Weiss
• MacLane Taggart (he/him), Latham & Watkins
• Jessica Lam (she/her), Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Andrew Karp (he/him), Skadden
• Michael Gilbert (he/him), Ropes & Gray
• David Sakowitz (he/him), Winston & Strawn

Break

Clerkship Panel

Russell (they/them, 2L) will moderate a panel on the clerkship application process and give students the opportunity to ask both current clerks and clerkship applicants questions.

• Elizabeth Peck (she/her), Assistant Dean for Judicial Engagement and Professional Development
• Alex Bransford (he/him), Law Clerk for the Hon. Bernice Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Grant Shillington (he/him, 3L), Law Clerk (2022-2023)
• Stephanie Jurkowski (she/her), Senior Court Attorney at the New York Court of Appeals
• Jessica Lam (she/her), Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lunch

Virtual First Impressions with Crystal Bailey, Esq.

Crystal Bailey, Esq., (she/her) Director of the Etiquette Institute of Washington, will be sharing best practices for interviewing and making a great virtual first impression.

Break

Prep for Mock Interviews

Links to Zoom rooms for individual interviewers are provided in the table below the schedule.

First Interview

Transition to Second Interview

Second Interview

Transition to Third Interview

Third Interview

Break

Keynote with Wesley Bizzell, President of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association

The interview-style keynote address will be given by Wesley Bizzell (he/him), Senior Assistant General Counsel and Managing Director of Political Law & Ethics Programs for Altria and President of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. OutLaw member Marisa O’Gara (she/her, 3L) will interview Mr. Bizzell.

Closing Remarks

Alyssa Ertel (she/her, 2L) will present closing remarks.