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With an early passion for the environment, Colin Myers ����vlog����Ƶ�21 attended the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (����vlog����Ƶ�SUNY ESF����vlog����Ƶ�) and enrolled in a major that would set him on a path to becoming a New York State Environmental Conservation Officer. It was during his junior year, when he began taking business law and environmental law and policy classes that Colin started thinking about law school.

We all remember our time at law school ����vlog����Ƶ� the courses, the professors, learning the law behind the infamous rule against perpetuities, the study groups, and the friendships made through it all. In 1986, a group of 11 law students formed a bond during their 1L year that has lasted long past their law school graduation. During their law school tenure, this close-knit group studied hard together, but also made plenty of time for fun. Since graduating in 1990, the group has made it a point to get together twice a year regularly. Most recently, the close-knit group, along with Haub Law Dean Horace Anderson and Professor Emeritus Jay Carlisle, gathered over the summer in Hastings-On-Hudson.

From the moment she could speak, Catherine Cioffi ����vlog����Ƶ�12 knew that she wanted to be a journalist. ����vlog����Ƶ�I always loved to write and engage with people. At my core I was, and still am, a storyteller,����vlog����Ƶ� said Catherine. While at Fordham University, Catherine majored in Communications and Journalism and minored in Political Science.

W. Paul Alvarez����vlog����Ƶ�s ����vlog����Ƶ�16 passion for immigration law is rooted in his own immigration story. Paul was born in Ecuador and later became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Three 2024 Haub Law graduates have been accepted into the prestigious Georgetown Law Tax LLM program. After developing a passion for tax during their studies at Haub Law, recent graduates Gilbert Romero, Abby Miscioscia, and Shelly Aucay decided to apply to the nationally ranked Georgetown Law Tax LLM program to take the next step in their education to pursue a career in tax law. With the strong foundation provided by their education at Haub Law, all three students will pursue the Tax LLM degree starting this fall.

An avid reader and world traveler, Steffen Pedersen has worked his entire legal career as a maritime lawyer in international law firms. Currently, he is working as a maritime arbitrator with a keen interest in deep sea mining. He is also a frequently published author and panelist on the topic of international arbitration and mediation, with a focus on East and South-East Asia. Steffen decided to pursue his LLM in Comparative Law at Haub Law to open the door to more opportunities in the United States in his career as an international arbitrator. 

Alumnus Jessica Dubuss ����vlog����Ƶ�09 has been using her legal acumen and writing skills in ways she never imagined back in law school. As Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at Haub, she is the law school����vlog����Ƶ�s chief storyteller, sharing the impressive achievements of our students, alumni and faculty across our many communications channels. In her personal life as a mom of soon to be five (!) young children, she has also tapped into her law school advocacy skills in her mission to bring diversity, equity and inclusion to her small hometown, organizing the community����vlog����Ƶ�s first ever PRIDE celebration among other DEI events and initiatives for youth.

After the stock market crash of 1987, Mitchell Dinkin ����vlog����Ƶ�92 made the decision to pivot from his aspirations in a career on Wall Street to law school.

Patricia (Tricia) Feighan ����vlog����Ƶ�94 and her daughter, Michelle, a current 2L at Haub Law, have deep family ties to Pace. ����vlog����Ƶ�My father, Philip B. Blank, was Associate Dean for External Affairs and Professor of Law at what was then known as ����vlog����Ƶ School of Law,����vlog����Ƶ� said Tricia.