Summer employment dispatches
Each summer Penn Law students hone their skills through a wide array of private and public sector internships across the country and around the world. Generous financial support and fellowships for international and public interest work enable students to pursue diverse assignments in the U.S. and abroad.
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August 27, 2013Mariam Khokhar L’14, who was born in Pakistan and grew up in northern New Jersey, plans to work upon graduation in the non-profit sector with refugees and asylum seekers. With support from the Equal Justice Foundation, she spent the summer in New York with Human Rights First, an independent advocacy and action organization. -
August 21, 2013Kenneth R. Simon, Jr. L’14 is working at Akin Gump in Washington, D.C., where he hopes to return as a litigator after completing a judicial clerkship. -
August 15, 2013Joel Mallord L’14 is working in Los Angeles as a summer associate at Irell & Manella LLP, where he hopes to begin his litigation career. -
August 12, 2013Zahir Rahman L’15, who is from Baltimore, is working in Washington, D.C., at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., a leading national environmental, land use, and litigation law firm. -
August 8, 2013Through the Penn Law International Internship Program (PLIIP), Joan Piasta L’15, who grew up in Sonoma County, California, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco, spent the summer at a leading Japanese law firm.
