JANNIE K. LAU L’02 has joined Ropes & Gray in Boston as an associate. She focuses on corporate matters.

MARIA IRENE GONZALEZ L’03 has joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as an associate in the Litigation department. In addition, Gonzalez, who is secretary for the Hispanic Bar Association, has been elected to the board of directors of the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

ERNESTO SANCHEZ C’98 L’04 has won first prize in the Pacific Legal Foundation’s 2003-2004 Judicial Awareness Writing Competition. His paper was titled "The Problems of Using Foreign Laws and International Conventions in Determining the Protections and Guarantees of the United States Constitution: Examining the Consequences of Lawrence v. Texas."