alpa-pre-law-panel_-instagram-post_032025ALPA/PLASA ORGANIZED EVENT: PATHWAY TO LAW: INSIGHTS FROM LAW SCHOOL TO CAREER SUCCESS - APRIL 10, 2025  

Navigating Your Legal Future with Expert Alumni Guidance!

Thinking About Law School? Don’t miss this vitrual panel discussion! Join us for an engaging and informative discussion led by Professor Emilie Aguirre '08, who will guide a panel of accomplished legal professionals from diverse practice areas through key insights and advice. Our panel will explore essential topics, including:

  • the most effective strategies for strengthening your law school application;

  • how to find and apply for scholarships, grants, and internships;

  • the skills and experiences that matter most for pre-law students and young alumni;

  • and the power of networking—and how to do it effectively.

Following the discussion, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists. Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable knowledge and connect with professionals who have successfully navigated the path to law school and beyond!

This program is organized by the Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA) and the Princeton Latin American Student Association (PLASA), with co-sponsorship by the Carl A. Fields Center, Natives at Princeton (NAP), the Princeton Women’s Network, and Queer Princeton Alumni. All members of the Princeton University community are welcome to participate in this event. This session will be recorded.

For questions about the panel, please contact Miriam Lopez '83 at mlopez83@alumni.princeton.edu.

 

 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

6:30-8:00 pm Central
Zoom
 
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alpa-pre-law-panel_-aguirreAlumna Panel Moderator: Professor Emilie Aguirre '08

Professor Emilie Aguirre is a business law scholar whose research explores how companies balance social purpose and profit. In 2021, she became a faculty member at Duke Law School. She holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an LLM from the University of Cambridge, a PhD from Harvard Business School, and an AB from Princeton University. Her academic work has been published in top law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, and she has conducted extensive research on corporate purpose, health policy, and business sustainability. Before academia, she gained experience in privacy law at Microsoft and in mergers and acquisitions and antitrust law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.  She also worked in the Dominican Republic as a Princeton in Latin America Fellow. 

Alumni Panelists:

alpa-pre-law-panel_-colonJosé Colon '81

José Colón is a seasoned legal professional with over 40 years of experience as a litigator. He earned his degree in Politics from Princeton University in 1981 before attending UCLA School of Law. After graduating, he clerked for the Federal District Court for the District of Puerto Rico before joining the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office—one of the nation’s most respected indigent defense agencies. Throughout his career, José dedicated himself to providing legal representation to individuals unable to afford private counsel, ensuring their rights were protected and that they received fair treatment within the criminal justice system. He also founded and served as managing partner of Colón, Piñeiro & Quiñones, a professional law corporation serving the greater Los Angeles Latino community. Although he retired from practicing law in 2021, José continues to offer his expertise as a consultant, specializing in the defense of serious and violent felonies, including homicides.

alpa-pre-law-panel_delgadoAndrés M. López-Delgado '13

Andrés M. López-Delgado is a Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Georgia, where he litigates civil rights cases on criminal justice reform, disability rights, and freedom of speech. At the ACLU of Georgia, he has helped secure access to services for Deaf and hard of hearing people on community supervision in Georgia, helped to prevent the State from shutting down community bail funds, and represented a death-row plaintiff in the only case to proceed to trial in Georgia challenging the State’s lethal injection protocols. Before joining the ACLU of Georgia, Andrés served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Thomas W. Thrash at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Andrés earned his JD from Yale Law School and his AB from Princeton University in Philosophy.

alpa-pre-law-panel_-romanoVirginia Chavez Romano '94

Virginia Chavez Romano has practiced law in a variety of roles in the private sector and in government for over 25 years. She began her professional life as a litigation associate at two New York City law firms before serving a decade as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecuting cases ranging from financial fraud to international narcotics trafficking. She later held senior roles at the New York Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Department of Justice where she led financial fraud enforcement efforts and helped shape DOJ corporate enforcement policy. In 2016, she transitioned to private practice as a partner in the law firm of White & Case before becoming the U.S. General Counsel at Havas, a multinational advertising and communications company, in 2023. Virginia leads a team of lawyers and oversees all U.S. legal, and compliance matters for the company. She graduated from Princeton University in 1994 with a degree in Comparative Literature and received her JD from Stanford Law School in 1997.