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Allison Flowers
Whittier Law School, Class Of 2010
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Damaris Walker
Yale Law School, Class Of 2013
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Fordham University School of Law, Class Of 2013
Placed at Paul Hastings LLP.I guess that whenever I had any questions, or I wanted to talk to somebody about a potential interview or something my l....Read more >
Katherine Thornton
Vanderbilt University Law School, Class Of 2011
Placed at Centauri Law Group.Carleen was very persistent, which I appreciated because I was being kind of lazy about my job search. She was also pati....Read more >
Robert Townsley
University at Buffalo Law School, Class Of 2016
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Steven Mach
Cornell University Law School, Class Of 2016
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