Law Career

ILR, ROTC and the law.

Learn about Julia's experience starting her first year of Cornell Law School during her "senior year" at ILR through the 3+3 program.

Professor Zhang works for a fair economy.

Senior Lecturer Sam Nelson teaches advocacy and debate at Cornell and throughout the world.

Linda explored the world of compliance and regulation in the investment management industry.

Meet ILR's Lee Adler, labor-law practitioner and ILR lecturer in employment law and union leadership. Adler discusses working with ILR undergraduates.

ILRie Ziva Posner '18 recounts how ILR's undergraduate degree program set her up for a career in labor law after completing law school at University of California, Irvine.

ILRie Jim Miller supports students through internships, scholarships and career opportunities.

In his nearly 45 years at ILR, Gold has taught numerous courses on labor law and employment discrimination.

Seth Harris, who was the acting secretary of labor and deputy U.S. secretary of labor from 2009-14 and served for six and a half years during the Clinton Administration, will serve as President Joe Biden’s top labor adviser.

Josh Mendelsohn is the author of "The Cap: How Larry Fleisher and David Stern Built the Modern NBA," published in October.

A Walt Disney World internship during his senior year introduced Michael Storm Bohling ’14 to an exciting world of work.

Known internationally as a scholar in the field of comparative labor and employment law, Susan Bisom-Rapp is associate dean and professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

The Alpern Award will be presented to Diane Rosen ’78 in recognition of her ILR support and service.

An employment attorney who focuses on the restaurant industry, Richmond grew up in a Cornell family.

As a child growing up in New York City, labor lawyer Cathy Creighton ’87 saw firsthand the value of unions.

Queens, N.Y. native, Seth Siegel, describes himself as an accidental ILRie. As a child, Siegel pursued a general interest in international affairs and later applied to what he thought was the International and Labor Relations School. Later discovering what the “I” actually stood for, he decided to apply anyway.

Jonathan Weinberg '13 says he begins his law school career "better equipped to lead" because of his broad ILR education.