Johana Mantilla Gomez

Location

Chicago, United States

Current positions

• LL.M Studio (www.llm-studio.com), Chicago: Owner + Main Lecturer, Since 2008/06 (Web)

Previous positions

• Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago: Corporate Associate, 2005/09 – 2007/05
• Fulbright & Jaworsky, LLP, Houston: Summer Associate - International Arbitration Group, 2004/07 – 2004/08
• Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago: Summer Associate, 2004/05 – 2004/07
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá: Assistant Professor of Contract Law, 2000/01 – 2001/01
• Secretaria Ejecutiva del Convenio Andres Bello (SECAB), Bogota: Head of Legal Division, 2000/01 – 2001/01
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá: Clinical Professor of Private Law at Legal Clinical Program, 1999/01 – 2000/01

Education

• Northwestern University School of Law: JD
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: LL.B (Attorney)

About me

Practice areas	Professional Services and Education
Memberships	Illinois Bar, Colombian Bar
Interests	Travel, literature, music, photography, wine and film.
Wants	To act as a resource for international attorneys seeking to get an LLM/JD in the U.S.
Haves	A company created with the sole purpose of helping international attorneys make the most out of their LLM/JD experience in the U.S.
More about me	As a Colombian attorney who came to the U.S. to get a graduate degree in law (and ended up getting a JD at Northwestern), I understand the challenges foreign attorneys must face as they course advanced legal studies in the U.S. Many of us embark on the experience confident that our previous training will be all we need to excel. (That, and the fact that many of us are successful lawyers in our home countries). However, this rarely turns out to be the case, particularly for lawyers trained in Civil Law (due to the differences in systems and legal culture). After having mentored a number of incoming international students informally (both for LLM and JD programs), I realized that a more formal approach was needed and that having gone through the process my viewpoint could be of great help. As a result, I decided to follow my passion, leave my position as a Corporate Associate at Sidley Austin in Chicago (a wonderful firm, by the way) and create LL.M Studio, a company specialized in preparing international attorneys for their LLM/JD experiences in the U.S. If you are one of such lawyers and would like to know more details, please feel free to contact me at johana@llm-studio.com and visit our website @ www.llm-studio.com.

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