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Legal Careers for International LLMs in the US
Webinar
Legal Careers for International LLMs in the US
Start
04/02/2025 - 5:30 PM
End
04/02/2025 - 6:45 PM
COURSE DETAILS
Join us for a panel discussion about the career opportunities available to international graduates of U.S. LL.M. programs and strategies for obtaining a U.S.-based legal career.
We will also addresses how employing international LL.M. graduates helps achieve diversity and inclusion within business organizations as well as within the broader legal profession.
Our panelists are successful U.S. lawyers who obtained their first law degrees outside the U.S., followed by LL.M. degrees in the U.S. at many prestigious institutions.
You will learn how the panelists achieved diverse legal careers in the U.S. ranging from partner in a major U.S. law firm to a sole proprietor, counsel at a foundation, BigLaw associate, and corporate counsel.
After the formal program is concluded, there will be an opportunity to VIRTUALLY network with the other attendees, panelists and program chairs from 6:45 PM — 7:15 PM.
FACULTY
Program Co-Sponsor: NYCLA’s Committee on Inclusion of International Lawyers in the U.S. Legal Profession
Program Chairs: Beth Chen and Yahel Kaplan, Co-Chairs, NYCLA’s Committee on Inclusion of International Lawyers in the U.S. Legal Profession
Moderator: Clara Solomon, Senior Director, Counseling and Career Development, NYU School of Law
Panelists: Sonal Sharma (LL.M.’13), Sharma Law Associates; Joseph Mayo (LL.M.’23), Joseph Mayo PLLC.; Jorge V. Fernandez (LL.M.’20), Outright Action International; Malo Cloarec (LL.M.’17), Cadwalader; Rotimi Adejoorin (LLM. ’24), Lera Technologies
CLE CREDITS
1.5 NY Credits: 1 DIEB; 0.5 LPM; Transitional and Non-transitional; 1.5 NJ Credits: 1.5 General
GENERAL INFORMATION
To register: click the Register button below. The website will prompt you to log in or create an account to complete the checkout. If you are not a member, please join the membership before completing the checkout to take advantage of the member’s price. Registration closes 30 minutes before the program.
For technical and account-related issues, please get in touch with us at dradjabov@nycla.org
Webinar Link: After completing the checkout, you will receive a separate email with webinar access instructions. That email will arrive closer to the program start time. If you are still waiting to receive an access email 30 minutes before the program, please email cle@nycla.org.
Course Materials: We will email the link to download course materials 30 minutes before the program starts.
CLE Certificates (if applicable): After verifying your attendance, we will add your certificate to the “Download CLE Certificates” page, which you can access from your “My Account” page.