The University of Maryland Muslim Students Association is pleased to welcome Noha Moustafa and Zahir Rahman to campus to talk about building a career in the legal field. Noha and Zahir will talk about their paths from undergrad, to law school, to their firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. They will provide an overview of what it means to pursue a career in law and the various paths you can take: a career in "Big Law"; a career in international human rights; a career in politics and more! Noha and Zahir will also answer questions about how you can prepare yourself to embark on a diverse and interesting legal career.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom provides legal services to the business, financial and governmental communities around the world in a wide range of high-profile transactions, regulatory matters, and litigation and controversy issues. Our clients range from a variety of small, entrepreneurial companies to a substantial number of the 500 largest U.S. corporations and many of the leading global companies. For more information, please visit www.skadden.com.

Noha Moustafa grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated in 2007 from City High School. She attended the University of Michigan, where she majored in Human Rights and Political Science and graduated with Distinction and High Honors. In undergrad, Noha wrote a Thesis on the Torture Tactics used in Guantanamo Bay and went on to win the William Jennings Bryan Prize for Political Science. Prior to attending law school, Noha spent a year in Egypt where she studied Arabic and was a middle/high school counselor. She attended the University of Michigan Law School, where she served on the executive board of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law and published a Note on The Right to Free Exercise of Religion in Prisons. Noha graduated cum laude and is currently a litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C., where she focuses on white-collar investigations.

Zahir Rahman was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the Gilman School. He then traveled south to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in political science. In 2010, Zahir received a Fulbright Scholarship to Morocco where he studied Arabic, researched youth political activism in the Arab Spring and published numerous papers and articles, including an editorial for Foreign Policy. Upon returning to the U.S., Zahir attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served on the executive board of the Law Review and graduated cum laude. He is currently a junior associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C. and is a member of the firm's Energy and Infrastructure Projects practice group. External Event Url
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