Schenck Price welcomes two interns participating in the second year of the Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Law Student Internship Program.  The students are Samira Barnes, a second-year student at Rutgers Law School in Newark, and Juliana LoPiccolo, a second-year student at Seton Hall University School of Law.  The internship is coordinated by the Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.  The goals of the Committee include promoting equal opportunity for all its attorneys and professional staff and supporting the Firm’s commitment to building a diverse team and an inclusive workplace while promoting and fostering cultural competence.

“We are excited to have Samira and Juliana participate in the internship program.  Both students have superior academic credentials and bring different perspectives to the Firm, based on their own backgrounds and experiences,” says Farah N. Ansari, Chair of the Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.  During the internship, the students will be conducting research, preparing memoranda, and taking part in depositions, motions and other “real world” attorney events.
 

Samira Barnes- Rutgers Law School   (on right in photo)

Samira Barnes is President of the Association of Black Law Students at Rutgers Law School, a Minority Student Program Ambassador and a participant in the LGBTQ+ Education Clinic. She is a Child Advocacy Fellow working in the Rutgers Child Advocacy Clinic, dealing with issues relating to child custody and immigration, and developing programs to assist teenagers transitioning out of foster care.  She has interned with United States Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon in the District of Delaware and at the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.  A resident of Montclair, Samira has a B.S. in criminal justice from Towson University and studied abroad in South Africa, studying post-Apartheid courts.

Juliana LoPiccolo- Seton Hall Law  (on left in photo)

At Seton Hall University School of Law, Juliana is a member of the Latin American Law Students Association, the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, the Corporate Law Society and the Women’s Law Forum.  She was an ADR intern with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Michael B. Kaplan, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.  A resident of Union City, Juliana is a graduate of the University of Richmond, with a B.A. in Political Science and Leadership.  During college, she was a Legislative Intern in the Virginia State General Assembly and a Constituent Services Intern in the office of Congressman Dan Donovan in the U.S. Congress.  She is a professionally trained opera singer.