Legal Careers

Everything You Always Wanted to Know

This is event is Part 1 of a 3-part series.
Part 1: 1/26/21
Part 2: 2/23/21
Part 3: 3/16/21

SESSION I: Careers in Labor and Employment Law
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Labor and employment law is an expanding field encompassing matters including sexual harassment, employment discrimination, wage and hour, unionization, unfair labor practices, restrictive covenants, privacy, government contractor requirements, and work rules come to mind. Are you interested in the area? Find out what practitioners do on a day-to-day basis, how they got to where they are, and their perspectives on hiring.

Speakers

Bill Tamayo U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	Jen Liu Managing Partner, The Liu Law Firm, P.C.	Erica Larsen  Chan Zuckerberg Intiitative

Ruth Bond Renne Public Law Group	Koray J. Bulut Goodwin

Moderator

Ted Borromeo Fellow and Member of the Board, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Former Assistant General Counsel, Employment Law, McKesson Corporation

SESSION II: Careers in Environmental Law
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

The field of environmental law is expansive; it touches all of the elements: air, water, and land. A practitioner in this area may be involved with air quality permitting, litigation to clean up contaminated groundwater, or the regulatory process to approve major construction. Are you interested in learning what a career in environmental law might look like? Find out what an environmental attorney’s work looks like on a day-today basis, how they got involved in the field. Importantly, find out what the emerging trends are, where the work is, and get perspectives on what employers are looking for.

Speakers

James R. Arnold The Arnold Law Practice	Karen Donovan SF Bay Conservation  and Development Commission	John Epperson Buchalter
Jon-Erik Magnus  Rogers, Joseph O’Donnell	Alison Torbitt Partner,  Nixon Peabody	Justin Zucker Reuben, Junius & Rose

SESSION III: Careers in Art Law
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

This panel will offer you the opportunity to hear from attorneys working in the Art Law field and how they etched their path to a career in Art Law.  Panelists will provide insight into a variety of careers in Art Law including working as a solo practitioner, in-house counsel, special counsel, government attorney, and litigator with a focus on intellectual property disputes. Whether you’re interested in turning your passion for arts and culture into a career or are looking to work with arts professionals, galleries, museums, auction houses, donors or others in the art industry, this panel is for you!

Speakers

Matthew Dedon Art Law Access	Mei Li SFMOMA	Kimberly Pallen Withers & Bergman
Lauren Curry Office of City Attorney	Simon Frankel  Covington & Burling LLP	Brooke Oliver 50 Balmy Law

Moderator

Kyle Kate Dudley UC Berkeley School of Law

Event Code: G210308A

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