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Advocating for Justice: Being a Queer Legal Professional

April 6, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

The Alliance Alumni and the Alumni Office will be hosting Advocating for Justice: Being a Queer Legal Professional, a panel discussion with VLS alumni to provide perspectives on being a queer legal professional. The main discussion: how to advocate for social justice in our lives, jobs and our volunteer professional work.


The Panel will feature:


  • Jared Kelly JD’16 – Associate, Sullivan and Associates (Woburn, MA)
  • The Honorable Alex Manning JD’06 – Magistrate Judge, Magistrate Court of Fulton Country and Found Partner, Hughes & Manning (Atlanta, GA)
  • John Miller JD’10 – Vice President for Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Communications, Vermont Law School
  • Adam Schmelkin JD/MELP’15 – Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Family Defense Practice (New York, NYC)
  • Alison Share JD’08 – Legislative Director, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, D.C.)
  • Christopher Smith JD’14 (Panel Chair) – Associate, Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook (Pittsfield, MA)
  • Jamie Westerhold JD/MSEL’08 – Director of Development, National Center for Transgender Rights (Washington, D.C.)


Details

Date:
April 6, 2018
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT