Summer Work 2011

Finding meaningful work during the summer is important for law students to gain on-the-job experience as well as build connections with other associates and legal professionals. Penn State Law is featuring a series on what students did this summer.

Joint MIA/J.D. student Chris Stromberg spends summer at Russian law firm

Christopher Stromberg ’13 was searching for an overseas international internship where he was hoping to use the Russian language skills he had developed while living in Russia during his undergraduate years. With the help of the Center for International Legal Studies in Vienna he was able to spend his summer working in the International Commercial Arbitration and Litigation group of Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev and Partners (EPAP).

Contracts key to Hollywood legal internship for Robert Vega ’12

Calling from the NBCUniversal lot where many popular television shows and films are produced, Robert Vega ’12 said that his legal internship in the Television Production, Legal Affairs Group of NBCUniversal (NBCU) has been nothing short of “phenomenal!” 

Interning at the DEA: A real legal work experience for Kristina Dahmann ‘13

Interning at the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Arlington, Virginia, this summer has been a great confidence booster for rising second-year Penn State Law student Kristina Dahmann ’13, who has been continually pushing herself to new heights working side-by-side with attorneys in the Office of Chief Counsel.

Jake Mattinson ’12 lands at top international law firm and loves it

Anyone interested in practicing big law would have McDermott Will & Emery on their list. The firm has been in business since 1934 and has grown from its headquarters in Chicago to having offices around the world employing more than 1,000 lawyers and is considered one of the nation’s top firms. But for Jake Mattinson ’12, a summer associate in McDermott’s Employee Benefits Practice Group in Chicago, it has a small-firm feel.

Environmental law overlaps human rights law in Rachel Rivers’ internship

Since her undergraduate days at the University of California, Berkeley, protecting the environment has become a way of life for second-year Penn State Law student Rachel Rivers ’12 – a passion that she has carried over into her legal studies. At her summer internship with the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), Rivers is using her legal education to protect the environment while advancing human rights.

Penn State Law students help bring closure to people of the Former Yugoslavia

Working side-by-side with senior prosecutors at the ICTY in The Hague, Sarah Hart ’12 and Ken Charette ’12, help bring closure to people of the Former Yugoslavia as part of their summer fellowships.

Public interest law summer fellows named

This summer, Penn State Law students will serve in a variety of public interest assignments — from legal aid offices to the ICTY Tribunal in The Netherlands through the Cherie M. Millage Fellowship Program. Our summer work series will profile these and other students throughout the summer.

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