08.15.18LLM Career Manual Overview and Introduction to the Career and Professional Development Center

08.27.2018Career Kickoff

09.08.18LLM Reception at the North Carolina Bar Association

09.18.18LLM Resume and Cover Letter Workshop

09.24 - 09.28.18International Week at Duke Law: multiple events involving LLM alumni and student speakers

09.27.18The Insider’s View – Starting Your Career in London, a conversation with Kate Reder Sheikh, Managing Director in the Associate Practice Group of Major, Lindsey & Africa (San Francisco, CA)

10.10.18New York City: Duke LLM Student and Alumni Reception at the Offices of Alston & Bird, LLP

10.15.18Reducing Poverty through Private Sector Investment, a Conversation with Jean Paul Hupez LLM’89 (Chief Counsel - International Finance Corporation)

10.25.18LLM Alumni Panel I on Careers Opportunities in the U.S.: Suzana Albano, LLM’05 (Principal, Albano Law Office); James Bergin LLM’93 (Vice President – Law, Johnson & Johnson Innovation); Lin Chua LLM’00 (Co-Founder, COO & Head of Capital Markets, InterNex Capital);Einat Levy LLM’12 (Senior Counsel, Vimeo); Arturo Banegas Masia LLM’00 (Partner, Akerman LLP)

11.15.18LLM Interviewing and Networking Skills Workshop

01.07.19Pursuing Careers in the Middle East and North Africa, a conversation with Rindala Beydoun JD/LLM’94 (Managing Partner - Middle East, BonnelliErede)

01.10.19Advanced Business Networking for International Lawyers: Understanding American Legal Culture, a Conversation with Sharon Abrahams (Foley & Lardner)

01.11 - 01.19.19LLM Practice Interview Program

Advanced Business Networking for International Lawyers II: Practicing Your “Elevator Pitch”

01.11.19LLM Panel II on Career Opportunities in the U.S. Niso Matari, LLM’15, (Associate, Allen & Overy New York); Christopher Moriarty, JD/LLM’11 (Associate, Motley Rice); Vandana Shah, LLM’96 (Director South Asia Program, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

01.24.19New York City: International Alumni & Student Reception at the Offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, LLP

01.25.19New York City: International Student Interview Program

02.07.19Antitrust, Internal Investigations and White Collar Defense in Asia and the U.S., a Conversation with Aya Kobori JD/LLM’02 (Counsel, White & Case)

03.01.19LLM Alumni Panel III: on Career Opportunities in the U.S. Angela Chien LLM’18 (Associate, Axiom Global); Hector Ibarra LLM’98 (Counsel, Parker Poe); Veronica Ramirez LLM’98 (General Counsel, DAK Americas); Sharanyaa Vasan LLM’15 (Associate, Akin Gump)

03.06.19LLM Alumni Panel IV: Tips on Taking and Passing the New York Bar Exam

03.11.19Washington, DC: International Alumni & Student Reception at the Offices of DLA Piper

03.21.2019Information Session Regarding LLM Certificates of Attendance

04.04.2019Career Panel: Practicing U.S. law in Latin America, a conversation with Roderick Branch (Partner, Latham & Watkins - Chicago), Tessa Bernhardt (Associate, Latham & Watkins – San Francisco), Jonathan Zonis (Partner, Clifford Chance – New York), and Mariana Estevez (Associate, Clifford Chance – New York)

04.15.2019Visa Tips for International Students to Obtain Permanent Residence in the U.S., a conversation with Lorcan Shannon LLM’10

LLM Professional Development Programming 2018-2019