How to Lateral: Building a Transferable, and Marketable, Skill Set

Cultivating new leaders requires building strong attorneys who have built their credibility and mastery across multiple legal fields. That often means moving your practice setting. Whether that is from non-profit to government service, or private practice to non-profit, or moving between firms and companies, identifying and building skills that employers look for in different facets of the legal profession is key to making your next job search a success. This panel will feature speakers who have successfully transitioned between several different areas of practice and can shed insight on what skills, qualifications, and experiences that they—as hiring managers—look for in their job candidates.

Key Takeaways

• Identify common legal needs across non-profit, government, and private sector practice settings.
• Pinpoint industry-neutral skills and experiences most valuable to employers across industries
• Understand how to best build transferable skills within a specialized practice setting.

CLE Information
No CLE credit is offered for this program

Speakers:

• Joseph Valerio, Legal Engineer, Product Specialist, Harvey
• Rachel S. Lee, President & General Counsel, Stand with Asian Americans
• Hon. Evelyn Gong, Judge, New York City Civil Court, Queens County
• Hon. E. Grace Park, Manhattan Civil Court Judge, Bronx Supreme Court, Criminal Term

Moderator:

• Hon. Rina Gurung, Housing Court Judge of the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens Housing Court