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STUDeNTS IN ACTION

nYlS students are making great strides toward fulilling employment. the following proiles

represent a sampling of the burgeoning careers of our graduates.

catherine Barreda 3L was recently selected to participate in New York State’s

irst Pro Bono Scholars program which enables students to accelerate their bar
admission process in exchange for providing pro bono services to the underserved
during their inal semester of law school. catherine applied to this competitive

program to gain valuable lawyering experience and give her an edge in her search
for a public interest job. during the spring 2015 semester, catherine will work

on juvenile immigration cases for The Door, a nonproit that provides a range of
services for disadvantaged youth.

Julie nociolo ’14 accepted a two-year clerkship with the Central Legal Staff
of the new York State court of appeals, the State’s highest court. after she
concludes her service with the court, Julie will be headed to the New York

city law department. at nYlS, she was a member of both the New York Law
School Law Review and the moot Court Association, and received the Chief

Justice rose e. Bird award for motivation in Pursuing Public interest law at the
commencement exercises in may 2014.

david lightstone, alexander Stark, Jennifer Wang, and david Weinfeld of the class of 2014 are
joining the law irm Paul, Weiss, rifkind, Wharton & garrison as associates. all four were John
marshall harlan Scholars at nYlS. many other recent graduates have joined major irms and

institutions this fall.

david Lightstone was afiliated with the Center for International Law and was
an Articles editor of the New York Law School Law Review.

alexander Stark was afiliated with the Institute for Information Law and
Policy and was the executive Online editor of the New York Law School Law
Review, where his Law review Note won second place in a law student writing

competition sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the NewYork
State Bar association.

Jennifer wang was also afiliated with the Institute for Information Law and
Policy and was an executive editor of the New York Law School Law Review

and a recipient of the Joseph Solomon Award for excellent Character and
Fitness at the commencement exercises in may.

david weinfeld was afiliated with the Center for Business and financial Law

and was a Staff editor of the New York Law School Law Review.

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