EWOC at Columbia Law

Joint Affinity Group Event happening TOMORROW! We will join APALSA, BLSA, CLWA, EWOC, FGP, LaLSA, OutLaws, SALSA, and SKLS for the Joint Affinity Group Event on Saturday, September 5 at 8 PM EST. Please see the flyer attached. This will be a wonderful opportunity for you to meet and speak with board members from each organization and members of your incoming class. We look forward to seeing you there!

In late February, EWOC honored Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Keerthana Nimmala ‘16 at our 5th annual Constance Baker Motley Gala! Check out this story highlighting the event! https://www.law.columbia.edu//former-us-attorney-general-l

EWOC's video for prospective students is now live! A lot of us did not know about EWOC until we arrived on campus, so we wanted to let prospective students know that there is a community for women of color at CLS. Please share this video with anyone who is thinking about attending CLS! #community #education #lawschool #columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our next Conference speaker is Veronica Relea! Check out her inspiring story from immigrant to partner! Veronica Relea is a Project Finance partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Relea’s practice focuses on representing commercial and investment banks, sponsors, developers, and private equity firms in connection with the development, construction, operation, and financing of energy, oil and gas, and infrastructure projects. Veronica has earned her numerous ho...nors, including being named by Latinvex as one of Latin America’s top 100 female lawyers and to the HNBA’s Top Lawyers Under 40. She is recommended for her work in banking and project finance by The Legal 500 Latin America, and for her work in project finance by The Legal 500 US, and is featured in the The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2019: Mexico Specialists. Last month, the Puerto Rican Bar Association recognized Veronica as their 2019 Attorney of the Year. Veronica co-founded Latham’s associate-driven diversity initiative, the Multicultural Promotion and Attainment Coalition (MPAC), and is a member of the firm’s global Diversity Leadership Committee. Veronica is a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico . She lived her entire life in Guaynabo, a small town about 15 minutes from San Juan, before moving to the mainland for college at age 17. She received her B.A. from Yale University (with a double major in Economics and International Studies) and her J.D. from Harvard University. Veronica is a self-described spicy, sassy and fierce boricua, born to a Puerto Rican mother and a Spanish father . She learned English in school, but also picked up enough real talk from long afternoons watching Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and cheesy courtroom dramas (squeezing them in between telenovelas). She excelled in school and saw a career in law as opening many doors and creating opportunities for herself (a sort of get it, girl moment) a nice change from having seen her dad lose multiple jobs, experiencing bankruptcy as a child, and losing her dad to violent crime in Puerto Rico. Now living in the best city in the world, Veronica finds joy in the little things. See more