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SUMMER SERIES 2016 JULY 12 | CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW JULY 21 | CAREERS IN IMMIGRATION LAW AUGUST 10 | CAREERS IN FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE New York City Bar | 42 West 44 th Street | Manhattan 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM HOT PRACTICE AREAS PRESENTED BY Committee on Career Advancement and Management Committee on Law Student Perspectives SPECIAL THANKS TO Compliance Committee Immigration & Nationality Law Committee International Law Committee REGISTER 212.382.6665 www.nycbar.org/summerseries FEE Students and alumni of sponsoring law schools: Free Members: $15 per program | Non-Members: $30 per program

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Page 1: City Bar Summer Series 2016 - New York City Bar Association...Merium Malik, Law Office of Merium Malik; Rebecca Sosa, Sosa Law JULY 21 CAREERS IN FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE Special thanks

SUMMERSERIES 2016

JULY 12 | CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW JULY 21 | CAREERS IN IMMIGRATION LAW AUGUST 10 | CAREERS IN FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE

New York City Bar | 42 West 44th Street | Manhattan6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

HOT PRACTICE AREAS

PRESENTED BYCommittee on Career Advancement and Management Committee on Law Student Perspectives

SPECIAL THANKS TOCompliance CommitteeImmigration & Nationality Law CommitteeInternational Law Committee

REGISTER212.382.6665www.nycbar.org/summerseries

FEE Students and alumni of sponsoring law schools: FreeMembers: $15 per program | Non-Members: $30 per program

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Each program will consist of a one-hour panel presentation followed by small group discussions led by our panel members and other attorneys, giving you the unique opportunity to ask questions and gain significant insight into these exciting practice areas.

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CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW Special thanks to the International Law Committee for their assistance on this program.

Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities of international legal careers. Learn about the many aspects of interna-tional law, including the scope of possibili-ties in specialties such as litigation, trade, corporate, transactional, banking, financial, and maritime law, as well as positions in teaching, going in-house, law firms, govern-ment and non-profit work. Practitioners will offer specific suggestions of practical steps that law students and lawyers can take to break their way into the field of international law and make themselves more marketable to potential employers.

Moderator: John D. Roesser, Arnold & Porter LLP

Speakers: Ulyana Bardyn, International Court of Arbitration® International Chamber of Commerce SICANA Inc.; Preeti Bhagnani, White & Case LLP; Robert Eli Michael, Robert E. Michael & Associates; Christopher Nolan, Holland & Knight LLP; Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway, U.S. Court of International Trade

Discussion Leader: Gamila Kassem, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP; Jaroslav Kudrna, White & Case LLP; Kaylan Lasky, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

JULY 12CAREERS IN IMMIGRATION LAWSpecial thanks to the Immigration & Nationality Law Committee for their assistance on this program.

Immigration law touches almost every aspect of legal practice. The field itself is constantly changing. Despite a slow-down in many fields of law, immigration is one where the need and the demand for immi-gration attorneys has been rising. Join us to hear from a panel of immigration practitio-ners who will discuss the many dimensions of immigration law from individual repre-sentation to corporate immigration practice. The program will also focus on entering the practice and defining practice areas within the specialty. Panelists will describe diverse backgrounds of clients, who is the opposing counsel, size and nature of an immigration law firm and what makes immigration practice exciting and fulfilling. Moderator: Victoria Neilson, Immigrant Justice Corps

Speakers: Willie Giacofci, IJC/Safe Horizon; Debbie Lee, Sanctuary for Families, Immigration Intervention Project; Merium Malik, Law Office of Merium Malik;Rebecca Sosa, Sosa Law

JULY 21CAREERS IN FINANCIAL COMPLIANCESpecial thanks to the Compliance Committee for their assistance on this program.

The job of ensuring that financial institutions play by the rules has been rapidly growing in importance, motivated by the wave of regulatory initiatives that followed the finan-cial crisis. With regulatory rules expanding all over the world and seemingly changing every week, compliance is one of the most important functions in business today. This changing regulatory landscape is fuel-ling a consistent demand for compliance professionals while an ongoing shortage of suitable candidates remains. This panel will provide you with information on how to leverage your law degree and experience in the area of financial services compliance.

Moderator: Rakhi Bahadkar-Rajpaul, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Speakers: Diana Armstrong-Walker, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company; Laurian Cristea, Eris Exchange; Paul Hare, Ameri-can Express; Michael McMaster, BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC

Discussion Leaders: Daniel Akkerman, PriceWaterhouseCoopers; Areal Allen-Stewart, Citi; Eshai Gorshein, Morgan Stanley; Janet Halecky, Wells Fargo Co.; Benjamin Melnicki, Cantor Fitzgerald; Sylvia Perez, Morgan Stanley; Joseph Schifano, Tower Research Capital LLC

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Register at www.nycbar.org/summerseries | phone: 212.382.6665 | mail form to: Attn: Membership| New York City Bar Association | 42 W. 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

City Bar Members ($15) per program

Free for students and alumni of sponsoring law schools

Non-Members ($30) per program

We cannot provide refunds for these events.

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July 12 | Careers in International Law

July 21 | Careers in Immigration Law

August 10 | Careers in Financial Compliance

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