Sherene Awad

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Hometown

Jerusalem, Palestine

Education

  • J.D. Candidate, Notre Dame Law School, ‘08
  • A.B. History, Certificates in Near Eastern Studies and Arabic, Princeton University, ‘05

Work Experience prior to coming to NDLS

  • Save Silwan (NGO, Jerusalem, Palestine)
  • Embassy CES, Oxford, UK

Extracurriculars:

  • Journal of Legislation Executive Note Editor, National Moot Court Appellate Team
  • Assistant Rector, McGlinn Hall
  • Spent Summer 2006 at Goldman Sachs NY (Global Compliance)
  • Spent Summer 2007 at Winston & Strawn Chicago, will be returning in Fall 2008.
  • Working with the law school A/V department
  • Intellectual Property Law Society

Future Plans

I will join Winston & Strawn in Chicago as an associate.

On the NDLS Experience:

“I visited several top-tier law schools while making the difficult decision of where to continue my education, but no place had such a singular impact on my perception of the legal professional and academic community as did NDLS. This institution’s most important guiding principle is that the law must be a force for positive social change, and every day I feel I am gaining the practical skills necessary to drive that force. This is a very special place.”