Perspectives of First-Generation Lawyers
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Format: Webinar 

Program Fee:
Free for Members | $15 for Non-Members 

Description:
To provide guidance and insight as to the challenges and obstacles faced by first-generation lawyers and the different ways, they overcame them. The panel will include attorneys from public interest agencies and private practice and a law student. The panelists will provide background as to their area of work, how they came to specialize in their particular areas of law, and their first-generation experiences. The discussion will also include ways to use the first-generation experience during the legal hiring process.

For New York Attorneys: Effective through December 31, 2025 newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may earn skills credits in a traditional live classroom setting or through individual participation (self-study) or group participation, utilizing the following live, nontraditional formats where questions are allowed during the program (web conference, teleconference, video conference). After December 31, 2025, newly admitted attorneys must complete skills CLE credits in either the traditional live classroom setting or by fully interactive video conference group participation only (where participants are physically together in a group setting). 

Speakers:
Brenda Correa, New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct
Irina Gomelskaya, JD Strategies LLC
Willis Huynh, Law Student, Brooklyn Law School

Moderator:
Keith Dominguez, Senior Associate Director of Career & Professional Development, Brooklyn Law School

Sponsoring Committee: 
Career Advancement and Management, Chaula Shukla and Michael Tenenhaus, Co-Chairs

Co-Sponsoring Committee: 
Law Student Perspectives, Caroline Gentile, Chair