Interviews
Behind-the-scenes stories of how internationally trained lawyers build their career in the U.S. and worldwide
Season 1: Premiere: Jose Garcia Cueto
International Arbitration Partner at Clifford Chance
Jose, a DC-based lawyer from Spain, is the partner running the Latin America international arbitration and dispute practice at Clifford Chance.
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.
S1: Bonus Episode: Andrés Felipe Esteban Tovar
Andrés Felipe Esteban Tovar the International Arbitration Associate at Foley Hoag LLP, embarked on his job search journey even before arriving in the U.S.
S1: Bonus Episode: Claudio A. Klaus Jr
Meet Claudio A. Klaus Jr, a LinkedIn influencer and a law student from Brazil. He built a network of 9,000 LinkedIn followers under 6 months.
S1: Bonus Episode: Lourdes Casanova
Professor Lourdes Casanova of Cornell Emerging Markets Institute of Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. The story of her career is a global and multicultural story.
S1: Bonus Episode: Ricardo Vásquez Urra
Ricardo Vásquez Urra travels around the world as an international arbitrator appointed by prestigious institutions such as the World Bank and Beijing Arbitration Commission.
S1: Bonus Episode: Ruth Njeri Gitau
Ruth Njeri Gitau, who not only wrote the best paper in my legal research and writing class at Georgetown University Law Center but just passed the February New York Bar Exam!