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Prelaw program
June 2 - July 11, 2008
Note: Although internship placements for this program have reached capacity, we are still accepting applications for a limited number of seats in the highly-regarded course-only portion of this program. We will put accepted students on an internship waiting list should any placements become available. Students accepted to the course-only portion of this program may also choose to arrange their own internship. We also urge you to sign up for our e-mail list to find out when this program will next be offered and to consider one of our other "Campus-to-Careers" programs:
Program director
Program director C. Evan Stewart is a partner in the law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in New York City.
He has handled numerous complex litigation matters on behalf of domestic and international clients in state and federal courts (including the criminal trial victory on behalf of Theodore Sihpol, where his adversary was the New York Attorney General; this case was featured by the New York Law Journal as one of the "Top Trials of 2005").
Mr. Stewart’s practice also encompasses regulatory enforcement matters, as well as arbitration proceedings before organizations such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
Before returning to private practice, Mr. Stewart served for twelve years as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for The Nikko Securities Co. International, Inc. As the senior legal officer for this international investment firm, Mr. Stewart counseled the Chairman and senior management on all aspects of the company’s business (including asset management, emerging markets, trading, securities, joint ventures, and international issues), performed internal investigations, drafted and implemented legal policies, negotiated contracts, and either supervised or personally handled all of the firm’s litigation and arbitrations. He also served as a Director of Nikko Financial Services, Inc.
Prior to his work with Nikko, Mr. Stewart was appointed First Vice President and Associate General Counsel of E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc., where he served as head of its litigation department. Recruited in the aftermath of the Hutton mail and wire fraud prosecution, Mr. Stewart was responsible for all of the firm’s litigation and arbitrations. In addition to counseling senior management on business and policy matters, Mr. Stewart managed relationships with more than 300 law firms and personally supervised all major litigation, including matters related to the merger with Shearson Lehman.
Mr. Stewart has published more than 150 articles in law reviews and bar journals, speaks frequently on securities industry issues, professional ethics, and other topics; is an arbitrator for the NYSE and NASD; and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Currently a professor at Fordham University School of Law and the Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Stewart also serves on the Pace Law School Investor Rights Project Advisory Board. For Cornell University, Mr. Stewart’s service includes Chair of the University Council, and as a member of the Board of Trustees and the advisory councils at the Cornell Law School, the Johnson Museum of Art, the University Library, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
He earned his B.A., cum laude, in 1974 from Cornell University and his J.D. in 1977 from Cornell Law School, where he was published in Cornell Law Review and served as a member of the Moot Court Board. For more information about Mr. Stewart, visit http://www.zuckerman.com.