From: Saba Sebhatu (ssebhatu1@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jun 22 2009 - 16:54:38 EDT
Hi Dehai - Please post upcoming event! Thank you.
NUEYS-DC presents "What can a law degree do for me?"Exploring opportunities present for Prospective Law Students
Host: NUEYS
Type: Education - Workshop
Network: Global
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: E.C.C.C
Street: On the corner of 6th and L NW
City/Town: Washington, DC
Description
The
Washington DC chapter of NUEYS is hosting a pre-law event for
prospective law students to discuss the opportunities that law school
students could take advantage when getting that expensive degree. NUEYS
is fortunate to have a panel of attorneys that are very passionate
about projecting the right message to our prospective Eritrean law
students. The attorneys on this panel include:
Elinor
Tesfamariam: Ms. Tesfamariam currently manages her own practice as an
immigration lawyer specializing in family petitions, adjustments of
status, asylum, Violence against Women Act (VAWA) petitions, detention
and employment-based visas. Ms. Tesfamariam earned her law degree from
Seattle University and holds active memberships in the American
Immigration Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and the
Washington State Bar Association.
Semhar Araia: Ms. Araia is the
founder of the Human Security Group, which is centered on issues
relating to issues within Africa such as effective policy and advocacy
approaches to conflict resolution, peace building, human rights and
development. She is also the founder of two non-profit organizations,
The Diaspora African Women’s Network (DAWN) and African Diaspora for
Obama, which are both aimed at the mobilization and empowerment of the
African Diaspora. Ms. Araia holds a Juris Doctor from Marquette
University Law School focused on international human rights law and
studied at Tel Aviv University and American University’s Washington
College of Law.
Arkan Haile: Mr. Haile is one of the founding
partners of Gray Haile, LLP. His practice specializes in mergers and
acquisitions, securities law, real estate and public finance. He
represents publicly-traded and privately-held acquirers and target
companies and private equity firms in a variety of acquisitions,
divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures and other corporate
matters. He also represents issuers, borrowers, underwriters and banks
in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and other debt
instruments. Mr. Haile holds a Juris Doctor from The University of
Colorado (Boulder) as well as an MBA from The University of Denver.
Rahel Kifle is a twenty-three year old student at American University,
Washington College of Law. Prior to entering law school, she pursued a
bachelor's degree in both Foreign Affairs and African &
African-American Studies at the University of Virginia. Rahel will be
receiving her J.D. in May of 2010 and plans to practice immigration law
in the near future. She currently resides in Washington, DC but
considers Arlington, VA to be her hometown.
Any and all questions in regards to this event should be forwarded to Sirak Teodros at the contact information below.
Email: steodros@gmail.com
THANK YOU SO MUCH and we will see you at the event.
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