2009-2010 Webcasts and Handouts

Below you will find webcasts, audio files, and handouts from 2009-2010 OPIA events.  To view the video, click on the title of the event.  This page is constantly updated so check back for new videos and presentations.  To see webcasts and presentations from the 2009-2009 academic year, click here. 

September	October	November	January
Other OPIA Videos and Resources	February	March	April

 

SEPTEMBER

3L Group Advising Session: Federal Government

Wednesday, September 2, Pound 102 
Click on the title above for an audio recording of our 3L group advising session on federal government work.  Assistant Director of OPIA, Catherine Pattanayak and Director of the Heyman Fellowship Program Joan Ruttenberg discussed job search strategies and resources for working in the federal government. 

Public Service Orientation

Thursday, September 10, Austin North
Click on the event title above to watch OPIA's flagship event, the Public Service Orientation (PSO).  The event features speeches by Dean Martha Minow, Bryan Stevenson '85, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama and Professor David Barron '94, Attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice.

Thinking Through Your Deferral Options

Tuesday, September 29, Pound 101
Click on the link above to watch the video of this event.  Staff from OPIA, OCS, Student Financial Services and the Dean of Students office reviewed some of the options open to students who may be facing a deferral from their law firm.

 

OCTOBER

Legal Landscapes: Public International 

Thursday, October 1, Pound 102

Click on the title above to watch OPIA's public international panel, where a panel of lawyers discussed their career paths in public international law.  The panelists offered insight into their organizations and the field as a whole.  To read the bios of the panelists, visit our Legal Landscapes page.

Panelists included:

• Clifton M. Johnson, Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
• James A. Goldston ’87, Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative, New York, NY
• Regan E. Ralph, Executive Director, Fund for Global Human Rights, Washington, D.C.
• Lisa Bhansali, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Moderated by Mindy Roseman, Academic Director of the Human Rights Program, Lecturer on Law, HLS

Legal Landscapes: Government 

Thursday, October 8, Pound 102

A panel of lawyers discussed their career paths in government work.  Click on the link above to listen to the audio of the event.  To read the bios of the panelists, visit our Legal Landscapes page.

Panelists included:

• Michael Best ’91, General Counsel to the Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, New York, NY
• Michael Felsen, Acting Solicitor General, United States Department of Labor, Boston, MA
• Silvestre Fontes, Senior Trial Counsel, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Boston, MA
• Tracy Triplett, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Government Bureau, Administrative Law Division, Boston, MA

Moderated by Alex Whiting, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; formerly Senior Trial Attorney for the Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Boston, MA

Legal Landscapes: Criminal Prosecution/Defense 

Thursday, October 22, Pound 102

Click on the title above to watch the video of the criminal prosecution/defense panel.  To read the bios of the panelists, visit our Legal Landscapes page.

Panelists included:

• Roberto  M.  Braceras, Partner, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA
• Heidi Brieger, Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Unit, United States Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
• Syrie Fried ’81, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender Office for the Districts of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
• Lawrence Oh, Bureau Chief, Major Narcotics Investigations Bureau, Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, NY
• Jonathan Rapping, Founder and Executive Director of the Southern Public Defender Training Center (SPDTC), Atlanta, GA

Moderated by Lisa D. Williams, Associate Director of OPIA

NOVEMBER

Public Sector Job Search Strategy 

Monday, November 2, Austin Ames

Click on the title above to watch the video of OPIA's Associate Director Lisa D. Williams review effective job search strategies and approaches.  You can follow along with the PowerPoint by clicking here. 

Legal Landscapes: Small/Medium Firms

Wednesday, November 4, Langdell North

Click on the title above to watch the video of the small/medium firms panel.  Panelists came from small and mid-sized law firm (private and public interest oriented) and discussed their work and career path.

Panelists included:

• Theodore J. Folkman '00, Hanify & King, Boston, MA
• Maya Khuri Plotkin, Dionne & Gass, LLP, Boston, MA
• Jahan C. Sagafi '01, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP,  San Francisco, CA

Moderated by Lisa D. Williams, Associate Director of OPIA

Legal Landscapes: Nonprofit/Advocacy

Tuesday, November 10, Pound 107

Click on the title above to watch panelists from the Legal Landscapes: Nonprofit/Advocacy panel discuss their work and career paths.

Panelists included:

• Amal Bass '06, Staff Attorney, Women's Law Project, Philadelphia, PA
• Steve Choi ’04, Executive Director, Empowering the Korean American Community (YKASEC), Flushing, NY
• Ellen Shachter, Senior Attorney, Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services (part of Greater Boston Legal Services), Cambridge, MA
• Reggie Shuford, Senior Staff Attorney/Attorneys of Color Recruitment & Retention Officer, Racial Justice Program, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation,  New York, NY

Moderated by: Professor David Grossman '88, Director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Clinical Professor of Law, HLS

Public Sector Interview Workshop for 1Ls

Thursday, November 12, Austin Ames

Click on the title above to watch OPIA's Associate Director Lisa Williams go over some interviewing essentials that can help land your 1L summer job. For the PowerPoint presentation, click here. 

Department of Justice Information Session

Monday, November 16, Pound 102

Representatives from the DOJ, Criminal Division came to HLS to give a presentation on summer internships with the DOJ.  Click on the title above for a PDF of the presentation.

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OPIA Video Archives

Videos from past OPIA events. Click on the headers below to access the videos.

Patrick Fitzgerald receiving the Cox-Richardson-Coleman Award for distinguished public service

Patrick Fitzgerald '85, the current U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, accepted the Cox-Richardson-Coleman Award for his outstanding work in public service in April of 2007. Click on the link above to watch his speech. Dean Kagan presented the award along with the Director of the Heyman Fellowship Program Joan Ruttenberg.

A Celebration of Public Interest 

Accomplished alumni, faculty members and HLS staff gathered at HLS in March 2008 to honor and encourage public interest legal work. The videos below contain speeches and panel discussions covering a wide variety of topics.

Take a look at photos from the Celebration of Public Interest!

From HLS Activism to Political Positions: Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm '87 and First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern '86

Dean Kagan moderates a conversation with Governor Granholm and Mr. Mulhern.

Panel on Climate Change

A panel of lawyers and academics discuss law and the environment.
Panelists:

• • Roger Ballentine '88, Lecturer on Law, HLS
  • Dale Bryk '93, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Douglas Foy '73, Founding Partner, Serafix

  Moderated by Howard Learner, President and Executive Director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center

  Panel on Predatory Lending

  A panel discussion on the currently heated issue of predatory lending.
  Panelists:
  • Eric Halperin '98, Director, Center for Responsible Lending, Washington D.C. Office
  • Stuart Rossman '78, Litigation Director, National Consumer Law Center
  • Henry Sommer '74, Supervising Attorney, Pro Bono Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
  • Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, HLS

  Panel moderated by Roger Bertling, Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic, and Lecturer on Law, HLS

  Nurturing the Next Generation: How to Promote Public Service in an Era of Rising Student Debt

  Panelists:
  • David Barron '94, Professor of Law, HLS
  • Amy Copperman '98, Staff Attorney, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
  • Susan Butler Plum, Director of the Skadden Fellowship Foundation
  • John Sarbanes '88, Congressman, Third District of Maryland.
  • D. Loren Washburn '02, Assistant Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Utah; Heyman Fellow

  Moderated by Kenneth Lafler, Director of Student Financial Services, HLS

  Career Development for the International Lawyer

  Panelists:
  • Raymond Atuguba '04, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Legal Resources Centre-Ghana
  • James Goldston '87, Senior Trial Attorney, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague
  • Sarah Prosser '02, Attorney Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • Fatemah Ziai '90, Chief of Integrated Training Service, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations

  Moderated by Henry Steiner '55, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus, HLS