Lekha Menon '18 — Senior Litigation Attorney at GIFFORDS Law Center

In this episode of SPARKS, Senior Litigation Attorney at GIFFORDS Law Center Lekha Menon ’18 joins Dean Melanie Leslie and Associate Dean for the Office of Career Success Carey Bertolet Grant for a conversation about overcoming imposter syndrome and finding one’s passion, even if the path to it is not linear. With a start in big law, Lekha talks about how she took the opportunity to explore various practice areas before landing a role in litigation. The foundational skills she learned at Cardozo guided her throughout her career in big law, a judicial clerkship and ultimately her role in advocacy. Lekha also touches on the important lessons she learned throughout law school and her professional career that shaped her as the professional she is today.  Cardozo School of Law