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Leah Nicholls JD/LLM ’11, director of the Access to Justice Project at Public Justice, provides perspective on why she chose to pursue a career in public interest law, the resources she received while at Duke Law, her law school experience, her experience after graduation, and her advice to students pursuing public interest law.
Nicholls graduated from Duke University with a JD and an LLM degree in International and Comparative Law from Duke Law. She currently serves as a Consumer Fellow to the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee.
To learn more about public interest law at Duke Law, please visit https://law.duke.edu/publicinterest/.
Chapters:
0:00:30 What inspired you to pursue a career in public interest law?
0:01:08 What types of public interest resources did you find at Duke?
0:01:58 What experiences during law school made the most impact in your career?
0:02:59 What were your initial experiences in public interest law after graduation?
0:04:00 What is your advice to students aspiring to enter public interest law?
0:04:40 How should students think about a public interest job search?
Leah Nicholls JD/LLM ’11, director of the Access to Justice Project at Public Justice, provides perspective on why she chose to pursue a career in public interest law, the resources she received while at Duke Law, her law school experience, her experience after graduation, and her advice to students pursuing public interest law.
Nicholls graduated from Duke University with a JD and an LLM degree in International and Comparative Law from Duke Law. She currently serves as a Consumer Fellow to the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee.
To learn more about public interest law at Duke Law, please visit https://law.duke.edu/publicinterest/.
Chapters:
0:00:30 What inspired you to pursue a career in public interest law?
0:01:08 What types of public interest resources did you find at Duke?
0:01:58 What experiences during law school made the most impact in your career?
0:02:59 What were your initial experiences in public interest law after graduation?
0:04:00 What is your advice to students aspiring to enter public interest law?
0:04:40 How should students think about a public interest job search?
