Meet the Career Center

Associate Dean

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Delisle Warden is the Associate Dean of the Center for Professional Development and Career Strategy at The George Washington Law School. Dean Warden has worked as an attorney in the U.S. federal government, Am Law 100 law firms, as General Counsel for public institutions of higher education, as the Principal at Warden Legal, and as a marketing and mergers and acquisitions senior manager for a Fortune 100 technology company in Silicon Valley. Dean Warden has used his experience in privacy law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and employment law to represent multinational corporations, venture backed SaaS companies, pre-seed round entrepreneurs, musicians, visual artists, publicly funded colleges, and not for profit organizations working with marginalized and economically disenfranchised individuals and communities.

Dean Warden earned his JD at Harvard Law School, MBA at Washington University in St. Louis where he was a Consortium for Graduate Study in Management fellow, and his BA at Emory University. Additionally, Dean Warden earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) credential from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Senior Law Career Counselor, Marshall Inn Advisor

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Alvita Barrow is a Senior Career Law Counselor and a Career Advisor for the Thurgood Marshall Inn.  Prior to joining George Washington, Alvita served for seven years as an associate director for the Office of Career and Professional Development at the Wake Forest University School of Law and, for over 15 years, she was the managing director of Columbus Community Legal Services, the in-house civil litigation clinic at Catholic University’s law school in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Duke University and Cornell Law School, Alvita began her legal career as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, where she handled misdemeanor and felony cases on behalf of indigent individuals.  She later joined the Office of the Public Defender in Rochester, New York, where she served as a trial attorney in the Violent Felony Section.

Appointment Types: 1L, 2L, and 3L - Job Search Strategy, Document Review (Resume and/or Cover Letter), Mock Interview, Offer Evaluation.

Area of Expertise: Job Search Outside of the DC Area

Senior Law Career Counselor, Cardozo Inn Advisor

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Fatema Dariani Keenan is a Senior Law Career Counselor and the Career Advisor for the Benjamin Cardozo Inn. Fatema focuses on counseling students from diverse backgrounds. Prior to joining GW Law, she worked for more than ten years as a Council for Child Abuse and Neglect attorney and Education Advocate in the District of Columbia for students in the special education system. Fatema also has prior experience working as a Disability Complaint Specialist at the Pentagon and an Attorney Advisor in the Family Division of the D.C. Superior Court. She holds a B.A. and J.D. from American University as well as a Master of Education degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University.

Appointment Types: 1L, 2L, and 3L - Job Search Strategy, Document Review (Resume and/or Cover Letter), Mock Interview, Offer Evaluation, Diversity Counseling.

Areas of Expertise: Diversity & Inclusion, International Student Support, Transfer Student Support 

Senior Law Career Counselor; Sandra Day O'Connor Inn Advisor

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Laurie Feldon is a Senior Law Career Counselor and the Career Advisor for the Sandra Day O'Connor Inn. Laurie focuses on counseling students who are interested in careers in local and federal government, particularly in the national security and government contracts sectors. Laurie comes to the GW Law Career Center from the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia where she served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Litigation Division. Prior to that position, Laurie was an Attorney-Advisor for the Office of Chief Counsel at the Transportation Security Administration focusing on administrative, federal, and labor litigation and completed a federal litigation detail with the Department of Homeland Security. Laurie earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. 

Appointment Types: 1L, 2L, and 3L - Job Search Strategy, Document Review (Resume and/or Cover Letter), Mock Interview, Offer Evaluation.

Areas of Expertise: Government Contract Sectors, National Security

Director, Career Counseling; Robert Jackson Inn Advisor

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Julie McLaughlin is the Manager of Career Counseling, the Career Advisor for the Robert Jackson Inn, and an advisor on federal clerkships. Julie works with students to identify goals and develop individualized career plans. Prior to joining the Career Center, Julie was a regulatory associate at a large international law firm in Washington, DC where her practice focused on food and agriculture law and consumer protection. Following law school, she clerked for the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia. Julie is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Virginia School of Law.

Appointment Types: 1L, 2L, and 3L - Job Search Strategy, Document Review (Resume and/or Cover Letter), Mock Interview, Offer Evaluation, Clerkships.

Area of Expertise: Federal Court Clerkships

Senior Law Career Counselor; John Jay Inn Advisor; Louis Brandeis Inn Advisor; Public Interest Advising and Programs

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Rob is a Senior Career Counselor. Prior to joining GW Law School, Rob was a Senior Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School and Lecturer on Law where he taught and supervised third-year law students in criminal defense representation of indigent defendants charged with misdemeanors and felonies and in the Trial Advocacy Workshop, an intensive course teaching and demonstrating civil and criminal trials. Before joining Harvard, Rob was in private practice specializing in civil litigation and criminal defense and represented thousands of clients in a variety of cases including employment law, contract disputes, school disciplinary matters, theft crimes, drugs, and murder. While in law school, Rob worked in the Prisoners’ Rights Clinic, representing inmates charged with disciplinary infractions, had a judicial internship for a senior justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, worked in the litigation department of a large law firm in Boston and the general counsel's offices of a biotech company and the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the largest labor union in Massachusetts.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Rob was a high school English teacher in California and worked as an executive search consultant on behalf of large law firms. Rob earned a B.A. from Morehouse College, Ed.M from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

Appointment Types: 1L, 2L, and 3L - Job Search Strategy, Document Review (Resume and/or Cover Letter), Mock Interview, Offer Evaluation, Public Sector.

Area of Expertise: Public Sector

Assistant Program Director, Professional Development

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Sierra joined the Career Center in August 2018 to help execute the Inns of Court and Foundations of Practice programs. As a graduate of GW Law and an alumnus of the O’Connor Inn of Court, Sierra is committed to ensuring that students continue to receive the high-quality and critical professional development training these unique and valuable programs offer. Prior to joining the Career Center, Sierra worked in banking and finance policy in the United States Senate, and at a lobbying firm dedicated to increasing foreign language education access. She received her law degree in 2018 from the George Washington University Law School and her B.A. in moral philosophy from Pacific University in Oregon.

Data Accreditation Analyst

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Ari is the Data Accreditation Analyst for the GW Law Career Center. Prior to joining the team, Ari was a data analyst at U.S. News & World Report working on the Best Colleges and Best Graduate Schools rankings. She is currently pursuing her EdD in Higher Education Administration at GW, where she is dedicated to research and analysis of student employment outcomes post-graduation. She received her BS in economics in 2017 and her MS in economics in 2019 from the University of Maine. 

Employer Outreach Consultant

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Emerald Chauncey is the Employee Relations Consultant for The Center of Professional Development and Career Strategy at The George Washington Law School. She maintains the law school's relationships with both private and public sector employers.  She also manages the employer outreach marketing and communications, research, and event coordination.  Prior to joining GW Law, Emerald worked as a marketing and public relations associate for American Airlines and the Peace Corps. She received her MA in Communication Studies in 2013 and her BS in Psychology in 2008 from Arkansas State University.

Assistant Director, Employer Outreach

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Candacé is a proud alumna of Hampton University (BA, Political Science) and the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (JD). Additionally, Candacé earned her certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of South Florida’s Muma School of Business in 2021.

Prior to joining GW Law, Candacé worked as a consultant in the private, non-profit, and government arenas on issues such as: victims’ compensation, anti-money laundering, medical malpractice, human trafficking, civil rights, Freedom of Information Act, government contracts, and fraud. She also taught as an Assistant Professor at Hampton University, The Graduate School USA, and Delaware State University.

Program Associate, Professional Development and Mentorship 

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Leah is the Program Associate for the Career Center. She assists with the Inns of Court, Foundations of Practice, and mentorship programs, as well as front desk management. Prior to joining the team, Leah worked at an international non-profit in Washington, D.C. for over two years providing program support. Leah graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.A. in Political Science and secondary major in Education Policy. As a student, she interned with the U.S. Department of Defense and overseas with the U.S. Department of State.

Clerkship Coordinator

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Teresa is the Clerkship Coordinator at the Center for Professional Development and Career Strategy at the George Washington University Law School. Teresa is an alumna of Morgan State University (BA Communications Studies) and is currently pursuing a masters in Political Management at the George Washington University. Prior to joining GW Law, Teresa worked as a legal assistant in the non-profit, private sector, and government arenas. Teresa serves as support for students during the judicial clerkship application process, as well as office assistance. 

Job Posting Coordinator

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René Lindsey joined the Career Center in 1987. She is responsible for advertising legal vacancy announcements for students and alumni of the Law School.