Advocating for Justice: Being a Queer Legal Professional

The Alliance Alumni and the Alumni Office will be hosting Advocating for Justice: Being a Queer Legal Professional, a panel discussion with VLS alumni to provide perspectives on being a queer legal professional. The main discussion: how to advocate for social justice in our lives, jobs and our volunteer professional work.

The Panel will feature:

• Jared Kelly JD’16 – Associate, Sullivan and Associates (Woburn, MA)
• The Honorable Alex Manning JD’06 – Magistrate Judge, Magistrate Court of Fulton Country and Found Partner, Hughes & Manning (Atlanta, GA)
• John Miller JD’10 – Vice President for Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Communications, Vermont Law School
• Adam Schmelkin JD/MELP’15 – Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Family Defense Practice (New York, NYC)
• Alison Share JD’08 – Legislative Director, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, D.C.)
• Christopher Smith JD’14 (Panel Chair) – Associate, Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook (Pittsfield, MA)
• Jamie Westerhold JD/MSEL’08 – Director of Development, National Center for Transgender Rights (Washington, D.C.)