Zach Baumann is a current 3L at the University of Houston Law Center, focusing his studies on health law. “I’ve always been interested in how the government works, and [his decision to attend law school] was right around when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was being implemented. A lot of the classes at the time […]

  Whitney Williams knows what it’s like to create space for herself and enter a room prepared to make things happen. A recent Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law graduate, she is about to start a job at her dream firm at Littler Mendelson P.C. after connecting with the firm at the 2019 Lavender Law® […]

Arielle B. Adler first attended Lavender Law® as a law student in 2011, and has been drawn to the annual Conference and Career Fair ever since. “I went in with the mentality I would make the most that I could out of it,” said Adler, who felt incredibly fortunate to attend the conference with the […]

Matt Dobbins first attended Lavender Law® in 2009 as a law student at the University of North Carolina. He was so nervous to speak to different firms that he barely even remembers the event: but he still managed to impress Chris Bacon and Corey Divine of Vinson & Elkins, who described him as someone who […]

Stephanie Robin, a Miami native, will start her career in labor and employment law this summer with Fisher & Phillips, with which she interviewed at the 2019 Lavender Law® Career Fair. “I got my dream job,” Robin told us. “I knew I wanted to do employment law and was hoping to get a job at […]

Brian P. Rice is a prime example of what it means to be a success in the legal field.  He attended our 2003 Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair as a rising 3L, hoping to network with a handful of firms. Little did he know, the connections he made at Lavender Law would spur him […]

Evelyn Clark, a rising 3L at Washington and Lee University School of Law, took an opportunity in the ninth grade which fast tracked her to a legal career. “I’m from a small town in southern Virginia and was very fortunate to be selected as our State Senator’s Senate Page,” she recalls. At the age of […]

Law Students looking for summer positions must juggle numerous factors, such as which kind of culture, specialization, and location is right for them. Tiffany Williams, a current associate at Venable LLP, recalls that when she was a rising 2L at Cornell Law School, all she wanted was to find a competitive legal position where she […]

Knowing that he is an attorney with nearly a decade of legal experience, it may come as a surprise that Cameron Cloar-Zavaleta is as comfortable in the cockpit as he is in the courtroom. Cameron worked as a pilot for Mesa Air Group in Phoenix, Arizona before embarking on his legal career. In fact, it […]

Toby Adams is a member of the National LGBT Bar Association and the founder and Executive Director of Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project (IGRP). She also has a solo practice where she provides alternative-family legal needs to people in the LGBTQ+, poly, and disability communities. In 2009, Toby attended her first Lavender Law® Conference and […]