This panel focuses on careers in law for students majoring in International Relations and Government. Students will engage in Q&A with the panelists learning from their expertise and experiences in the filed of law.

Pamela Brooks Gann, J.D. has served as the President of Claremont McKenna College (1999-2013) and the Dean of the Duke University School of Law (1988-1999). She has taught at various prestigious domestic and international institutions. Her publications largely pertain to taxation and public finance and international trade and investments. Her current interests include: leadership studies, law and economics of higher education, law and public policy of the non-profit sector, and international economic relations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Council on Foreign Relations and International Education of Students (IES Abroad).

Larry R. Schmadeka ‘87 has over 25 years of substantive litigation and transactional experience in domestic and international matters over a wide range of practice areas, including commercial, intellectual property, products liability, employment, and shipbuilding litigation. He has represented foreign corporations, along with their domestic subsidiaries, in Asia and Europe, in various state and federal courts.

Benjamin Fidler ‘08 represents acquirors, buyout groups, sellers, targets, boards of directors and special committees in a range of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carveout divestitures, minority equity investments and other corporate and strategic transactions. Mr. Fidler’s clients include public and private companies, private equity firms, asset managers and funds, and span a broad range of industries.

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