September
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 2L & 3L Employment-Speakers: Zachary Mason and Hai Binh Nguyen, CFPB
October
Applying for the Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship-Speaker: Judge Robert A. Katzmann ‘80, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit and Jojo Annobil, Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship
Coffee Chat with Judge Katzmann-Speaker: Judge Robert A. Katzmann ‘80, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Coffee Chat with John Bellinger on Careers in National Security (Cosponsored with National Security Group)-Speaker: John Bellinger III, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Lunch Talk with Bridget Asay '95, former Solicitor General of Vermont-Speaker: Bridget Asay ’95, former Solicitor General of Vermont
1L Introduction to Public Interest Careers–Speaker: Norma D’Apolito, CDO
Q&A about Working for DOJ with Sushma Soni ’90-Speaker: Sushma Soni ’90, Department of Justice
The 2L Summer Public Interest Job Search-Speaker: Hope Metcalf, Schell Center and Norma D’Apolito, CDO
22nd Annual Public Interest Career Fair
A Discussion of Yale Fellowships and the Common Application-Speakers: Hope Metcalf, Schell Center; Anna VanCleave, Mindy Roseman, YLS; and Norma D’Apolito, CDO
Justice Catalyst Fellowship Information Session-Speakers: Benjamin Elga and Jacob Lipton, Justice Catalyst Fellowship
November
National Security Summer Internship Panel (Cosponsored with National Security Group)-Speakers: YLS student panel
1L Summer Jobs in Health Law (Cosponsored with Yale Health Law and Policy Society & the Solomon Center)-Speakers: YLS Student Panel
Financing Your Public Interest Summer Job (Cosponsored with Financial Aid)–Speakers: Jacqueline Outlaw, Kellie Webb, Hope Metcalf, YLS
Environmental Careers: The Summer Job Search (Cosponsored with Yale Environmental Law Association)-Speaker: YLS Student Panel
Coffee Chat with New Haven Corporation Counsel-Speaker: John Rose ’66, Corporation Counsel for the City of New Haven
1L Summer Jobs in State and Local Government (Cosponsored with Yale Law Urbanists and The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project)-Speakers: YLS student panel
Lunchtime Talk with Josh Geltzer, YLS ‘11-Speaker: Josh Geltzer ’11, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection
Interviewing Tips for 1Ls–Speaker: Kelly Voight, CDO
January 2018
Working for Public Service and Social Justice through Labor Law Practice-Speaker: Kristin Martin ’99, McCracken, Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP
Local Pioneers: Worker Protection in the New Economy (Cosponsored with Yale Law Urbanists)-Speakers: Liz Vladeck, NYC’s Department of Consumer Affairs
February
Preserving Livable Neighborhoods: Blight Remediation-Speaker: Laura Settlemyer
Gruber Fellows Coffee Chat (Cosponsored with the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights)-Speakers: Panel of Gruber Fellows
March
Drafting Legislation for Congress with Ed Grossman ’75 (Cosponsored with Cosponsored by Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy)-Speaker: Ed Grossman ’75, former deputy and senior legislative counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives
Applying for Skadden Fellowships-Speaker: Susan Butler Plum, Skadden Fellowship
April
Yale Fellowships and Finding a Public Interest Job-Speakers: Anna VanCleave, Mindy Roseman, YLS and Norma D’Apolito, CDO
Alumni Career Panel on Health Law (Cosponsored with the Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy, the Yale Health Law & Policy Society)-Speakers: Carmela Castellano-Garcia ’91, California Primary Care Association; Brian Hufford ’85, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP; Julian Polaris ’15; Clerk on the US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; Sally Strauss ’86, Mount Sinai Health System
Applying for an Equal Justice Works Fellowship-Speaker: Claire Cusella, EJW
Public Interest Paths: The Non-Fellowship Route (Cosponsored with the Clinical Student Board)-Speakers: Rebecca Chan ‘18, Noah Kolbi-Molinas ‘18, Carolyn Lipp ‘18, Jeremy Aron-Dine ‘18
Public Interest Mentors in Residence for 2017-2018
The Mentor in Residence Program provides students with the ability to obtain individual advice from the numerous alumni who visit the law school throughout the year. Students can inquire about the mentor’s current and prior employment experiences and seek advice about their own career plans.
September
Justice Joel Bolger, Alaska Supreme Court
October
Jamil Jivani ’13, Author “Why Young Men”, Professor – Osgoode Hall Law School and YLS
John Bellinger, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Maile Tavepholjalern ’11, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Sushma Soni ’90, Department of Justice
Benjamin Elga and Jacob Lipton, Justice Catalyst Fellowship
November
Betty Hung ’97, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Joshua Geltzer ’11, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection
February
Louise Melling ’87, ACLU
Jeh Johnson, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
March
Tamar Lerer ’13, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
Eileen Hershenov ’89, Wikimedia Foundation
Susan Butler Plum, Skadden Fellowship
April
Veronica Yepez, ’08, Specialist – Compliance and Anti-Corruption Law