Are you interested in a career in the legal field? Come learn about careers in law from current and former attorneys with Humanities backgrounds.

Appetizers and light refreshments will be served.

Sarah Cunniff (she/her) attended Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz, where she majored in French Literature. After law school, she worked in large and small law firms and in-house at Levi Strauss. Most recently she spent a dozen years at the Career Development Office at Berkeley Law school, where she supported students in their job searches, with a special affinity for students with humanities backgrounds.

Chris Khasho (he/him) graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2013 with a B.A. in Philosophy and is now a successful young attorney in Los Angeles. Chris represents clients in a broad array of business litigation matters and counsels them in corporate and transactional matters at Cypress LLP, a premier business litigation firm in Century City. Chris is passionate about giving back to his community and helping clients resolve their legal issues.

Ritu Goswamy (they/them) is a Staff Attorney with the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center and serves UC Santa Cruz. They are a graduate from Barnard College, Columbia University and Boston College (Joint J.D./M.S.W. degrees). Prior to joining the Center, Ritu worked as a child welfare worker in Oakland, and as an attorney with the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center (now Legal Aid at Work) and Legal Advocates for Children & Youth (part of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley).

Jalyn Mitchell (she/her) is a proud UCSC College Ten Alum and majored in English Language Literature with a minor in Legal Studies. She graduated from Law School from Loyola University in Chicago and went to work in San Jose at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley where she represented people on long term psychiatric holds with their due process right to a hearing to leave the hospital. Currently and for the last 2.5 years, she has represented young people on a variety of issues including restraining orders, traffic tickets, education law, and guardianships.

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This event is presented by the Employing Humanities.