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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Case Western University Diverse LLM Alumni



Ha Thi Thu Le, from Vietnam, got an LL.M. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.  She did Optional Practical Training (OPT) after graduation. 


The law school helped us create American style resumes and cover letters.  They also hosted meetings where LL.M. students could meet with employers.  These meetings are how I found my first internship. 

I worked for a very respectable American law firm downtown Cleveland.  I spent six wonderful weeks working with lawyers in the business practice group.  I assisted them in many research tasks, e.g., drafting articles on legal matters, drafting memoranda, sitting in on meetings with clients, etc. 

Later, I became a volunteer at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.  I assisted lawyers in the immigration group to help low income people.  I worked on numerous cases - researching the law, calling places to ask about procedures, and taking notes in client meetings.  Some tasks, e.g., obtaining police reports, medical release forms, going to federal jails to interview clients, and so on, were new to me. 

Without what I learned from the LL.M. degree, I would have felt totally unprepared for the work and fitting into the working culture of these American law practices.





Ha, on the right, with classmates from China and Thailand.