Category: Success Story
Cole Vick
When asked what they look forward to most in their budding legal career, recent law school graduate Cole Vick’s answer is immediate: “I am just so excited to be Cole.” Vick’s law journey and personal journey are closely intertwined. When they began attending law school, Vick had very recently come out as trans and nonbinary. […]
Leah Brenner
By Wenxi Lu Leah Brenner (she/her) is a 2L at Vermont Law & Graduate School, pursuing both a JD and a Master of Arts in Restorative Justice. She works as an advanced student clinician with the Vermont Immigration Assistance Clinic and the Family Law Project. She also serves as VLGS’s Vice President of the Student […]
Alana Ambery (she/her) – 3L at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
By Caleb Simpson What was the first Lavender Law® Career Fair that you attended, and did you find employment as a result? The first Lavender Law® I attended was in the summer of 2021, just before I entered my second year of law school. Before attending the career fair, I was determined to find […]
Zach Brecheisen
By Emily Coneybeare Zach Brecheisen walked into Lavender Law® in 2011 feeling he was at a disadvantage as a 3L. But after facing a hurricane and flooding that canceled his flight to the conference, he knew he would take on anything to reach his goals. Today, he is a corporate partner at Jones Day, a […]
Brandt Roessler
By Caleb Simpson In 2014, Brandt Roessler attended his first ever career fair – the Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair in New York City, – and struck gold with Baker Botts L.L.P. After Lavender Law®, the firm followed up and after going through a series of interviews, they offered him a summer associateship for […]
Christine Coldiron
By Riley Jon Veazey Looking back at her career, Christine Coldiron, a successful legal professional and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, reflected with us on her very first Lavender Law® Conference. As a lawyer and businessperson balancing family life, Coldiron spoke about her “twisty career journey.” Currently, she works for T-Mobile using her combined […]
Sander Saba
By Siena Hohne On their first day of law school, Sander Saba met with their advisor and disclosed their fear that in order to be a successful lawyer, they would have to live within the gender binary. Saba’s advisor immediately allayed their fears and reassured them that they shouldn’t hide themself just to conform to […]
Debra Zepeda
Sometimes, life doesn’t always go according to plan. Debra Zepeda can certainly attest to this, having grown up most of her early life imagining she would become an engineer. Today, she’s an attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner practicing patent law. Throughout her life, Debra was always drawn to building and fixing things, figuring out […]
Kaleigh McManus Hartigan
As a first generation college student, Kaleigh McManus Hartigan always felt that it was difficult to make the same connections as other law students, until she came to the Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair. Kaleigh completed her undergraduate degree at Worcester State University in Massachusetts as an Urban Studies and Planning Major. Toward the […]
Thomas Rucker
When Thomas Rucker chose to attend the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, he knew that he would have to push himself to build his own networks and seek out his own opportunities. After seeking out the Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair in 2016, Rucker landed his dream job as a summer […]