OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES
1L PRIVATE SECTOR RECEPTION
FIRM GUIDE
#HUSLRECEPTION
A Message from OCS On behalf of the team in Howard Law Office of Career Services – Lauren Jackson, Taylor Williams, and our terrific student assistants, Amber Jones & Anna Williams - welcome to the Howard Law 2021 Virtual 1L Private Sector Reception. I would like to extend a special welcome to our sponsoring firms whose support makes this and other programming possible We are so excited that you are logging in to meet members of the various employers eagerly waiting to connect with you ahead of the August recruitment season. There are two hours for this evening’s event, so please be sure to make the most of it. Use this time to learn all about what each employer has to offer and connect with the many HUSL alum who will be joining us. The OCS team will be logged on for the duration of Reception, so stop by the Help Desk, located under the Sessions tab on the left side of your screen, if we can be of assistance in any way. Have a great time! Carmia Carmia N. Caesar Dean of Career Services
@HowardLawOCS
PLATINUM SPONSORS Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Allen & Overy Davis Polk & Wardwell Debevoise & Plimpton Morgan Lewis Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Amanda Butler-Jones (HUSL 2014) Jamila Cambridge (HUSL 2020) Stephana Henry (HUSL 2018) Jasmine Isokpunwu (HUSL 2020) Kapil Vishnu Pandit (HUSL 2009) Miles A. Taylor (HUSL 2018) Tiffanye S. Threadcraft (HUSL 2012)
Erika James (HUSL 2014)
The Firm For more than 165 years, Davis Polk has ranked among the premier law firms with practices that are world class across the board.
Monique Peterkin (HUSL 2017)
Today, with 10 offices strategically located in key business centers and political capitals around the globe, Davis Polk remains one of the small handful of firms that leading companies and financial institutions around the world turn to for counsel on their most significant business and legal matters. Our professionals collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide our clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative and practical solutions that reflect a deep understanding of the full legal landscape, market practice and our clients’ businesses and objectives.
Kanysha Phillips (HUSL 2019)
Douglas Howell (HUSL 2016)
S. Dream Montgomery (HUSL 2017)
Our extensive cross-border experience coupled with the diversity of our professionals and our top-flight local law capabilities allow us to bridge business, cultural, language, legal and regulatory differences across jurisdictions. Elijah Jenkins (HUSL 2018)
Aisha Schafer Hylton (HUSL 2015)
Leonie Stoute (HUSL 2017)
Dane Dixon (HUSL 2019)
Rachel Tennell (HUSL 2020)
Melody Godbolt (HUSL 2018)
Monisola Salaam (HUSL 2016)
Dana McCann (HUSL 2018)
Aleena Aspervil (HUSL 2019)
Why The Move The Needle Fund (Video)
SILVER SPONSORS Clifford Chance US Gunderson Dettmer Latham & Watkins Mayer Brown Norton Rose Fulbright Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Ropes & Gray Wilson Sonsini Goodish & Rosati
Danesha Grady (HUSL 2015)
Amber Thomson (HUSL 2016)
Oral Pottinger (Howard University)
Ryan Manns, Partner (HUSL 2003)
Chidi Oteh (HUSL 2015)
Brandon Cody (HUSL 2010)
BRONZE SPONSORS Chapman & Cutler Eversheds Sutherland Goodwin Holland & Knight Jenner & Block Linklaters McDermott Will & Emery Richards, Layton & Finger Winston & Strawn
Visit our mini sites to learn more about Goodwin! Tony Alexis, Partner (HUSL 1984)
Learn how Goodwin is dedicated to celebrating diversity & inclusion! Michelle Joo Shank (HUSL 2015)
Brittany Garcia (HUSL 2011)
Kristina Jacobs (HUSL 2019)
Ashely Drake (HUSL 2015)
Loreal Rock (HUSL 2017)
Ade Johnson (HUSL 2015)
ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING FIRMS
Balch & Bingham Crowell Moring Dickinson Wright Hogan Lovells Hollingsworth Keller and Heckman Knobbe Martens Maynard Cooper Miller & Chevalier Munger, Tolles & Olson Paul Weiss Selendy & Gay Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison Sildey Austin Skadden Arps Wiley Rein Withers Worlwide
Ashley Beard (HUSL 2017)
Derrick Petit (HUSL 2016)
Leslie Graham (HUSL 2014)
Fleur Oké (HUSL 2019)
E. Desmond Hogan, Partner (HUSL 1996)