Interviews
Behind-the-scenes stories of how internationally trained lawyers build their career in the U.S. and worldwide
Season 1: Episode 2: Alfie Battista
Commercial Litigator and Legal Extern at KPMG
Find out how Alfie secured an externship at one of the Big Four accounting firms and how he continues to network on his job.
Season 1: Episode 3: Xin Tao
Partner at Baker McKenzie
Before Xin made partner at Baker McKenzie, he could not find many role models who have the exact same background as his.
Season 1: Episode 4: Yara Karam
Lawyer from Lebanon and Legal Extern at Hogan Lovells
What do Amal Clooney and Yara Karam have in common? How did a recipe on LinkedIn lead to Yara’s BigLaw externship?
Season 1: Episode 5: Eve Perez Torres
When Eve moved to the U.S. from Colombia and started law school at the age of 34, she studied part time while raising a child. Today she is the Senior Attorney at FedEx working on legal and regulatory matters.
Season 1: Episode 6: Gabriela Rendon
Gabriela first came to the U.S. to pursue her career as a professional dancer with Martha Graham School in New York City. Fluent in English, Spanish and French, she studied law in Argentina and France. Eventually she found her calling in public interest law at Gender Equality Law Center.
Season 1: Episode 7: Pushkar Keshavmurthy
Pushkar, a LinkedIn influencer before he even set foot in law school, is the third-generation lawyer in his family. He’s dedicated to establish a career in international arbitration.
Season 1: Episode 8: Haohan Wang
Haohan Wang applied to 25 externship positions and received 15 interview invites and 3 offers. Haohan received his first law degree in the UK. He studied and worked in Beijing, London and Brussels. What are the top networking tips that landed him an externship position at BigLaw?
Season 1: Episode 9: Ophelia Kemigisha
Ophelia Kemigisha , a human rights lawyer from Uganda is known for her activist work in feminism and LGBTQ rights.
Season 1: Finale: Catherine X. Pan-Giordano
Asian, female, multilingual and partner, Catherine X. Pan-Giordano, Esq. is the epitome of success that Ingrid from the hit Netflix series Partner Track aspires to achieve.