First-Gen Minority Law Students Share Their Journey: Q&A with UIC Pre-Law
February 13, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Zoom
Calendar
Download iCal FileNorthwestern Pritzker School of Law 3Ls, Shahrukh Hameed and Noor Al-Sheikh, will be joining us via Zoom to answer any questions you may have, along with a description of their journey to law school as first-generation minority law students. You will need to RSVP by 12:00pm on February 13th to receive the Zoom link. Please input any questions you have for the 3Ls in the shared google poll linked here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCnHmm5iEmNxRoHNY4sGUw_Qi41L7vcjoVjfO4F1Bg3c1qng/viewform?usp=header
This event is co-sponsored by UIC Pre-Law Advising and the UIC Pre-Law Society.
Date posted
Jan 31, 2025
Date updated
Feb 6, 2025
Speakers
Noor Al-Sheikh | 3L Student | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
I am a Palestinian first-generation 3L at Northwestern Law School and I went to UIC for undergrad (class of 2022). I graduated with a bachelors in economics and a minor in psychology. Throughout law school I have tried everything and anything, ranging from corporate to environmental law, by taking diverse classes and externing in various areas of law. For extra-curriculars I served on the board of MLSA (Muslim Law Student Association), MELSA (Middle Eastern Law Student Association), IRAP (International Refugee Assistance Project), and now also PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund), which I created and brought to Northwestern this year, and the Journal of Human Rights. While I have spent my summer internships in the private corporate legal realm, I have shifted to public interest work in immigration and civil rights.
Shahrukh Hameed | 3L Student | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
My name is Shahrukh Hameed, and I am a 3L at Northwestern Law. Originally from California, I earned my Sociology degree from UC Davis in 2020 before obtaining a second degree in Biomedical Science from Dominican University. During law school, I’ve been actively involved in the Journal of Human Rights and have served on the boards of several campus organizations, including MLSA (Muslim Law Student Association), MELSA, and now PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund). I spent my 1L summer at Chapman focusing on IP litigation and my 2L summer at Simpson Thacher.