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Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Shéetom Ashbrook
Office Manager
Phone: (312) 503-0051
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Shéetom received her B.A. in Communications from Illinois State University in 2009, with a specialty in Radio Production. She worked for ISU her entire time there, as an RA and helping run the campus radio station. She moved to Chicago in the summer of 2009, having previously lived in Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Germany. Shéetom joined the Center for Career Strategy in 2010.

Bill Chamberlain
Assistant Dean
Phone: (312) 503-0661
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Bill is a 1988 graduate of Northwestern Law and joined Northwestern's Career Strategy Center from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill where he was Assistant Dean for Career Services. After graduating from law school, Bill served as an Associate at Schiff Hardin, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago Law Department, and Assistant Dean and Director of Career Services for The John Marshall Law School. Bill has also assumed many leadership roles with the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), including serving on NALP's Board of Directors. In addition to his law degree, Bill holds a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a Masters degree from Purdue University. He is also a talented musician with previous experience as a professional opera and musical theater singer.

David Diamond
Director
Phone: (312) 503-4110
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Dave brings to the Career Center a strong background in law school career service and legal practice. Immediately prior to joining Northwestern Law, Dave was the Director of Career Services at The John Marshall Law School. He also worked as a career counselor for The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law while completing an M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs. Dave practiced law for six years, specializing in business transaction law at two Chicago law firms, and has public sector legal work experiences while in law school. In addition to his M.A., Dave holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Iowa. Outside of the office, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Public Interest Law Initiative and is an active NALP member, presently co-chairing two law school/lawyer professional development collaboration work groups.

Ian T. Kelly
Associate Director, LLM International and LLM Tax
Phone: (312) 503-2867
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Ian is the career advisor for both tax and international LLM students. He joined the Career Center after practicing corporate law at Schiff Hardin in Chicago, and he also has experience overseas in both the public and the private sectors. Ian received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and his B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan.

Puja Singh Patel
Associate Director
Phone: (312) 503-1282
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Puja joins the Career Strategy Center after having worked as an Assistant Attorney General at the Illinois Attorney General's Office. Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office, Puja was an Associate at Franczek Radelet P.C. practicing education and employment law. Puja received her J.D. from Northwestern School of Law in 2006 and her B.A. in Environmental Science from Duke University in 2001. She currently volunteers at the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Apna Ghar Family Law Clinic and Metropolitan Family Services' Legal Aid Bureau.

Frederick Daniel Pelzer
Administrative Assistant
Phone: (312) 503-3499
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Fred received his B.A. in Fiction and Theatre Arts from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011, where he worked for the University's Office of Admissions. He has also previously worked for the U.S. State Department and Pittsburgh Seltzer Works, among other jobs. His fiction and plays have been produced or published in several places. He joined the Center for Career Strategy in 2012.

Arden Joy Schuman
Assistant Director of Employer Relations
Phone: (312) 503-3281
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Arden has worked in marketing and event planning for nearly ten years with a focus on Chicago-area non-profits. After hours, Arden uses her marketing skills to volunteer with local non-profits and to embark on creative endeavors such as a travel website for women and a Chicago themed podcast. Arden received her B.A. in Communications from Messiah College and also spent a year in Japan teaching English. Arden joined the Center for Career Strategy in 2011.

Hanna L. Stotland
Associate Director, Judicial Clerkship, Alumni, and Alternative/Non-traditional Careers
Phone: (312) 503-1426
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Hanna specializes in judicial clerkship advising, alumni advising, and alternative/non-traditional career advising. She received an A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was a teaching assistant to Prof. Laurence Tribe and a peer counselor in the Office of Career Services. After graduation, Hanna served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Elaine E. Bucklo in the Northern District of Illinois and the Hon. Ann C. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Before coming to Northwestern, Hanna practiced as a litigation associate at Jenner & Block and then at Stowell & Friedman, a small civil rights firm.

Cindy Wilson
Public Interest Advisor
Phone: (312) 503-2924
Fax: (312) 503-5128
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Prior to joining the law school in 2000, Cindy spent 10 years as a civil rights attorney and project director at the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. Cindy also worked for four years as a general litigator in a Chicago law firm and as a law clerk for the Honorable Justice Seymour Simon of the Illinois Supreme Court. Cindy is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the law school, teaching Ethics, Public Interest Practicum, and Pro Bono Theory and Practice. She is a 1986 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and a 1982 graduate of Knox College.