Interviews
Behind-the-scenes stories of how internationally trained lawyers build their career in the U.S. and worldwide
Season 2 Premiere: Yao Liu
Shareholder at Cavitch Familo & Durkin
How did he become the first international intern turned shareholder at the firm’s 137-year history?
Season 2: Episode 2: Alina Solodchikova
Tax Controversy Leader and Principal Attorney at RSM
How to make it as an internationally trained tax attorney?
Season 2: Episode 3: Guillaume Zouker
Director of International Tax Services at PwC Miami office
How did he make it to the top at Big Four?
Season 2: Episode 4: Evelyn Y. Riley
Counsel in Complex Litigation Practice, Cozen O’Connor
This is a story of transformation: an IP lawyer turned BigLaw litigation counsel.
Season 2: Episode 5: Ignacio Zabala Alonso
International Arbitration Lawyer licensed in Spain and England & Wales, McDermott Will & Emery
How did he turn his BigLaw externship into a post-graduation job offer?
Season 2: Episode 6: Mônica Murayama
International Arbitration Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
How to network and ace your BigLaw interview with a personal touch?
Season 2: Episode 7: Nikolaos Doukellis
Investigations and White Collar Group, Hogan Lovells
How did he transition from the World Bank to BigLaw?
Season 2: Episode 8: Ruoke Liu
Partner, Investment Funds, Morgan Lewis
The hiring partner tells you: what is BigLaw looking for when hiring internationally trained lawyers?
Season 2: Episode 9: Allan Achesa Maleche
Human Rights Lawyer and Global Health Expert
How to change the world as an international human rights lawyer?
Season 2: Finale: Lucas Loviscek
International Arbitration Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
How did he rise to the top in international arbitration at BigLaw?
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.