EPISODE · Oct 5, 2021 · 1H 7M
Let's Get Personal with My Khanh Ngo, Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
from Personal Jurisdiction · host My Khanh Ngo, Hallie Ritzu, Allison Freedman
My Khanh Ngo is a 2017 graduate of Yale Law School and a 2013 graduate of Yale University (B.A. Political Science, International Studies). Check out the Appellate Project - https://theappellateproject.org/ - a resource for students of color interested in appellate work.During Due Diligence, we discussed the concept of saying no and how it can be helpful (and some even argue, essential) to success. Learn more about this perspective in the following articles: "You can do anything, but you can’t do everything." Fascinating study from Farnam Street: https://fs.blog/2011/09/steve-jobs-saying-no/And another along the same lines - Saying No to the Non-Essential: https://fs.blog/2018/03/speed-velocity/ Warren Buffett: "Really Successful People Say No to Almost Everything" - https://medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/warren-buffett-really-successful-people-say-no-to-almost-everything-ab78832ffebc?utm_source=pocket_mylistThoughts on the good that can come from quitting something from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/style/quit-job.html?referringSource=articleShare&utm_source=pocket_mylistAnd this interesting take on Cold Calling Emails from Morning Brew: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2020/07/15/not-suck-cold-emailing?utm_source=pocket_mylistOur Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with SimpleCast. Find us online at www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less
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My Khanh Ngo is a Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project (IRP) in San Francisco, California. In this excellent episode, My Khanh shares how a variety of experiences before and during law school shaped her current legal career, what she does on the day-to-day at IRP, her views on direct services vs. impact litigation work, and so much more. Don't miss her insights and advice for law students and new lawyers too!
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