D.C. National Security Law Career Fair: October 17
From the President of GWU Law's National Security Law Association:
The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and GW Law School's National Security Law Association are organizing a National Security Law Career Fair for all DC-area law schools, and anybody else interested in pursuing a career in national security law! The National Security Law Career Fair will take place on Monday, October 17, 2011, from 12-5 PM in the Continental Ballroom of the Marvin Center (3rd floor, 800 21st St.
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From the President of GWU Law's National Security Law Association:
The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and GW Law School's National Security Law Association are organizing a National Security Law Career Fair for all DC-area law schools, and anybody else interested in pursuing a career in national security law! The National Security Law Career Fair will take place on Monday, October 17, 2011, from 12-5 PM in the Continental Ballroom of the Marvin Center (3rd floor, 800 21st St. NW, Washington, DC). The Fair will consist of both tabling and a panel. From 1-2 PM (during the career fair), we will be hosting a panel discussion of national security practitioners in the Continental Ballroom, moderated by GW Law's Glen Earl Weston Research Professor of Law and Co-director of the National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law Program, Peter Raven-Hansen. From 12 - 5 PM we will be holding Career Fair with practitioners and recruiters from all areas of national security, including government and intelligence agencies, nonprofit organizations, corporate entities and law firms, as well as other national security related groups. All are welcome, and we encourage all law students to attend!! This event is business attire.You can read the flyer here.
Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
