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📍Chicago, IL “I’ve had the opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of practice areas, in addition to engaging in pro bono work.” Rising 3L Roderick Mullen is spending the summer as a 2L summer associate at White & Case, where he’s exploring a range of practice areas and building on his interest in corporate restructuring, a field that blends litigation and transactional work. He’s also contributed to pro bono efforts through the Second Look Project, helping draft a petition advocating for the reconsideration of their client’s 30-year sentence.

Can a public official legally block someone on social media? In the latest Legal Brief, Professor Sarah Ludington explains how the First Amendment applies when government actors delete comments or block users.

📍Raleigh, NC “This real-world experience has been an excellent complement to all the doctrinal learning of 1L.” Rising 2L Martin Tipton is spending his summer with the North Carolina Department of Justice’s Environmental Division, where he’s gaining hands-on experience in litigation and regulatory law. From observing depositions to drafting a motion for summary judgment in an environmental enforcement case, Martin is applying what he learned during 1L to the exact kind of work that first drew him to law school.