Recorded in November 2017 - Carol Robles-Román ’89 is the new co-president and CEO of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s Equality. She leads national efforts to advocate, educate and organize to ensure constitutional equality in the United Stat

Robin Steinberg: “Working in the Public Defense Community"

Mar 30th, 2018 1h 1m

Recorded in October 2017 - Robin Steinberg ’82 is a leader and a pioneer in the field of indigent defense. She is the CEO of The Bail Project, a national organization modeled after The Bronx Freedom Fund, which she co-founded with David Feige i

Mitra Hormozi: “The Flexibility of a Law Degree”

Mar 16th, 2018 22m 39s

Recorded in November 2017 - Mitra Hormozi ’95 is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Revlon. She is responsible for overseeing Revlon’s legal affairs worldwide, including the Board of Directors, corporate governance, intellectual pr

Alma Asay: “Founding My Own Legal Tech Company”

Mar 1st, 2018 29m 12s

Recorded in November 2017 - Alma Asay ’05 is the Chief Innovation Officer, Legal Solutions, at Integreon Discovery Solutions, a leading global provider of alternative legal services, where she focuses on opportunities to improve legal services

Faiza Patel: “Working in National Security”

Feb 16th, 2018 23m 50s

Recorded in December 2017 - Faiza Patel ’91 serves as co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Patel is an expert on national security and surveillance laws and policies, who focuses on how the

Marilyn Sobel: “My Career as a Corporate Lawyer”

Feb 8th, 2018 29m 52s

Recorded in December 2017 - Marilyn Sobel ’78 is currently Of Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she previously served as partner. She specialized in mergers and acquisitions, advising multinational corporations and

Linda Gadsby: “Successfully Managing an In-House Career”

Jan 26th, 2018 46m 17s

Recorded in September 2017 - Linda M. Gadsby ’92 is vice president and deputy general counsel at Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, and a leading developer of educational technology. For more than 20

Florence Davis: “Communication Tactics”

Jan 19th, 2018 46m 51s

Recorded in May 2017 - Florence Davis ’79 has served as President and a member of the Board of Directors of The Starr Foundation since March 1999. A graduate of Wellesley College (highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa) and New York University School o

Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan: “Becoming a Judge”

Dec 5th, 2017 25m 22s

Recorded in December 2016 - Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan ’79 is a sitting judge on the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department. She is the first woman of Asian descent to be appointed to an appellate panel in New York State. Bef

Lisa Marie Boykin: “Failure, Resilience, Persistence”

Nov 16th, 2017 38m 58s

Recorded in November 2017 - Lisa Marie Boykin ’95 is Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs/Television Group at Annapurna Pictures. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Boykin grew up in Sumter, SC, where she attended Sumter High School. She hold

Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin: “Being a Groundbreaker”

Nov 2nd, 2017 24m 17s

Recorded in February 2017 - Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin ’52 is senior counsel in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group in the New York office. Prior to joining Alston & Bird, Justice Weinberg Ellerin served more than 20 years as an Appel

Hon. Betty Staton: “Leadership and Service”

Oct 26th, 2017 44m 7s

Recorded in May 2017 - Hon. Betty Staton ’79 attended NYU School of Law on a full scholarship. After graduation, Staton worked at Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services (BSCLS) for eight years, during which she served as the deputy directo

Capt. Brenda Berkman: “From NYU Law to the FDNY”

Oct 20th, 2017 52m 10s

Recorded in September 2017 - Capt. Brenda Berkman ’78 retired as a Captain in the New York City Fire Department after serving the City for 25 years. She was assigned to firehouses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Capt. Berkman began her career in th

Maureen Brundage: “The Importance of Networking”

Oct 6th, 2017 34m 4s

Recorded in January 2017 - Maureen Brundage ’81 is the former executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief ethics officer of The Chubb Corporation, where she worked for over ten years. Before joining Chubb as genera

Hon. Lorna G. Schofield: “Making the Most of Mentorship”

Sep 28th, 2017 27m 41s

Recorded in May 2017 - Hon. Lorna G. Schofield ’81 is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. She was nominated in 2012 by President Obama and confirmed by a unanimous vote of the US Senate. For 20 years previously

Melissa Tidwell: “Women in Tech”

Sep 25th, 2017 32m 11s

Recorded in April 2017 - Melissa Tidwell ’03 is Vice President and General Counsel at Reddit, advising on a wide range of legal and business matters and managing the company’s Legal, Policy, and Communications groups. Previously, Tidwell was Se

Sloan Lindemann Barnett: “Taking a Different Path”

Sep 22nd, 2017 25m 40s

Recorded in April 2017 - Sloan Lindemann Barnett ’93 is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Green Goes with Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet. Lindemann Barnett has been a television and print journ

Claudia Carvajal Lopez and Alina Das: “Telling Your Story”

Sep 15th, 2017 54m 9s

Recorded in March 2017 - Claudia Carvajal Lopez ’18 is a third-year law student at NYU School of Law. She is an AnBryce scholar and is on the Law Review, and she previously served as executive co-chair of the Latino Law Students Association (La

Carol Bellamy: “Finding a Cause”

Sep 14th, 2017 24m 47s

Recorded in March 2017 - Carol Bellamy ’68 is the chair of the Governing Board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund. Bellamy was previously president of the New York City Council, a member of the New York State Senate, executi

Maggie Drucker: “Woman to Woman”

Sep 14th, 2017 37m 24s

Recorded in February 2017 - Maggie Drucker ’90 serves as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Grubhub Inc., which is a NYSE-listed company and is the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering company dedicated to conne

Leslie Spencer: “Knowing Yourself”

Sep 7th, 2017 21m 42s

Recorded in April 2017 - Leslie Spencer ’98 is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s intellectual property group, and co-chair of the firm's diversity committee. She advises clients on matters involving computer software, electronics, financial technolog

Rachel Robbins: "Career Advancement”

Sep 7th, 2017 16m 8s

Recorded in December 2016 - Rachel Robbins ’76 currently serves as senior independent non-executive director at Atlas Mara, a London Stock Exchange listed company focused on building the premier financial services group in in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Sheila Birnbaum: “Reflections on the Legal Profession”

Aug 30th, 2017 46m 40s

Recorded in June 2017 - Sheila Birnbaum ’65 is currently a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where she practices primarily int he areas of products liability, toxic torts, and insurance coverage litigation and is co-chair of the fir

Vijaya Gadde: “From Texas to Twitter”

May 22nd, 2017 28m 50s

Recorded in March 2017 - Vijaya Gadde ’00 is Twitter’s General Counsel, leading the company’s legal, trust and safety, and public policy teams. She previously served as a Legal Director at Twitter, where she managed the international and corpor

Deb Ellis: “Salary Negotiation”

May 19th, 2017 26m 36s

Recorded in April 2017 - Deb Ellis ’82 is director of operations at NJ LEEP, a college bound program in Newark, NJ. Previously, Ellis has served as the executive director of the NJ Coalition to End Homelessness, assistant dean for Public Servic