1L Workshop at CSI, Sat. May 21, 12:30 to 2:00; Join us for insights and pizza

The College of Staten Island’s

Legal Studies Institute (LSI) Presents:

1L: 

A Workshop on How to Do Your Best During the First Year of Law School

with

Justin Giles

CSI, ’12; Fordham Law School, ‘16

Alex Deutsch

CSI, ’14; Carodozo Law School, ‘17

Saturday, May 21^st

12:30 to 2:00 pm

Building 2N, Room 220 

Pizza and soft drinks will be served

Justin Giles, B.A., CSI, Class of 2012, J.D, Fordham Law School, Class of 2016. Justin majored in English at the College. Justin has the highest known LSAT score on record—178 (99.9^th percentile)—for a College of Staten Island student. He accepted a full-tuition scholarship at Fordham Law School. He was selected for Law Review. After his first year, he obtained summer employment as a legal intern with the Hon. Laura Taylor Swain of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. After his second year of law school, Justin was hired as a Summer Associate at Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, and Sullivan, a prominent New York City litigation firm. He then obtained another judicial internship, this time with the Hon. John G. Koeltl of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. Justin recently accepted a full-time position as an Associate at Quinn, Emanuel. After one year at the firm, he will again be clerking in the federal courts, this time for the 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals. Justin returns to campus once each year to teach LSAT skills to current CSI students.

Alexander Deustch, B.A. CSI, Class of 2014, J.D., Cardozo Law School, 2017 (expected). Alex majored in Political Science at the College. At CSI, he distinguished himself with a GPA of 4.0. Alex accepted a significant scholarship to attend Cardozo Law School, where his first-year grades placed him at the top of his class and on the Law Review. After his first year, he interned with the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Division. Currently, he is an Alexander Fellow. In that role, he gains full-time work experience as a law clerk for the Hon. Colleen McMahon of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. This summer, he will be a Summer Associate at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison.