Student Success Report | March 2022

3Ls

• Sean Birt is currently a Law Clerk in the Financial Industry Group at Reed Smith.
• Hudson Cross is current a Law Clerk at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
• Kiesha Mull has accepted a summer Judicial Externship with Hon. Regina A. Scannicchio of the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Relations Division.
• Jacqueline Romo has accepted an invitation to join Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg after graduation.

2Ls

• Megan Helbling Ahlberg accepted a summer Law Clerk position with Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC.
• Farizma Ali accepted a Law Clerk position with Grunyk Family Law.
• Andrea Carro accepted a Fall 2022 Judicial Externship with Hon. Charles Kocoras of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Mahroosa Haideri accepted a summer Law Clerk position wit the Law Offices of Jonathan Merel.
• Brian Hallett is working this spring at the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. He accepted a summer Law Clerk position with the Chicago Transit Authority.
• Brad MacDonald accepted a Summer Associate position with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
• Cesar Munoz accepted a 2022 Summer Associate position in the Intellectual Property Litigation group at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.
• Madeline Paradkar accepted a Summer Associate position with McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. She also accepted a Fall 2022 Judicial Externship with Hon. Charles Kocoras of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Agne Ribikauskaite accepted a summer Judicial Externship with Hon. Alison Conlon of the Circuit Court of Cook County Chancery Division.
• Ameera Salem accepted an offer to join the 2L Summer Fellowship Program at Seyfarth Shaw LLP. She accepted a Fall 2022 externship with the U.S. Department of Labor.  
• Ashley Shannon accepted a Summer Law Internship with the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons.
• Igli Velcani published a piece in the South Side Weekly about the Chicago Freedom Movement’s role in the creation of the Fair Housing Act.

1Ls

• Isabella Abdullah secured a summer Law Clerk position in Felony Trial Division of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
• Tala Abusharif accepted a summer Judicial Externship with Hon. Alison Conlon of the Circuit Court of Cook County Chancery Division.
• Aaron Alvarez secured a summer Law Clerk position in the Civil Rights Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.
• Gabriela Bex accepted a summer Law Clerk position in the Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.
• Melina Burnside accepted a summer Judicial Externship with the Hon. James O. Browning in the U.S. District Court of New Mexico.
• Alexis Hernandez accepted a summer PILI Internship at MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund).
• Martha Konovodoff accepted a summer Law Clerk position with the Phillips Law Offices.
• Madeleine Larock accepted a role as a Legal Intern with global manufacturing solutions provider Kimball Electronics.
• Alexis McCain accepted a summer Law Clerk position with The Kryder Law Group, LLC.
• Jenna Nagle accepted a Law Clerk position with international engineering firm Power Plant Services.
• Moniel Sanders accepted an offer to join Caprini Green Legal Aid this summer as a Criminal Records Relief Intern.
• Chloe Sension accepted a Discovery Law Clerk position for the summer with the C. Norris Law Group.
• Ruby Valle accepted a Summer Judicial Internship at the Illinois Appellate Court First District with Hon. Jesse G. Reyes. She’ll also be interning with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
• Lily Warren is working this spring as a Law Clerk with the Dixon Law Office.
• Jacob Weltman accepted a Law Clerk position this summer with the City of Chicago Department of Law.