Run Your Own Race: A Lawyerly Lesson

In this episode, Nneka Ugwu sits down with Savannah Joy West for a lawyerly lesson. Tune in for a candid conversation about her reflections from law school, advice for aspiring attorneys, and a crash course on the day-in-the-life of an Investment Funds attorney. Savannah is an associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on the formation, structuring, and operation of private equity funds and their management companies. She graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with her J.D. in 2020. She graduated from Amherst College with her B.A. in Political Science & Art History in 2015. After Amherst, Savannah received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in South Africa which she completed before starting law school. Please note the views expressed in this episode do not express the views of LUC Law or the guest’s employers.