Join us for an opportunity to network with fellow attorney alumni, meet current students studying Jurisprudence, Law and Society and connect with faculty including Avram Segall, Ian Drake, Jack Baldwin-LeClair, Ariel Alvarez and Tony Spanakos. You'll have an opportunity to hear from keynote speaker, Michael Caracappa ’15, Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter F. Timpone, Supreme Court of New Jersey. View Michael's bio below.

Event Details
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Student Center - Formal Dining Room
Montclair State University

Please register below. You may also register by contacting Katelin Spooner, Office of Alumni Engagement at 973-655-3323 or spoonerk@montclair.edu. For questions, contact Jenna Villani, Office of Alumni Engagement, at 973-655-7872 or villanij@montclair.edu.

This event is sponsored by the Office of Alumni Engagement and the Rapoport Legal Enhancement Fund.

 

About the Speaker - Michael Caracappa

Michael Caracappa is a 2015 graduate of Montclair State University and a recipient of the Rapoport Legal Scholarship. He graduated from Montclair magna cum laude, receiving his BA in Jurisprudence and Political Science. After Montclair, Michael attended Seton Hall University School of Law, where he graduated in 2018 and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

In his first year of law school, Michael was invited to become a research fellow for Professor Mark Denbeaux and contributed to the 2016 Bloomfield Racial Profiling Report, which was featured on Vice News. In his second year, Michael worked for a white collar criminal defense firm, where his time was divided between complex corporate and criminal litigation. During his third year of law school, Michael represented indigent clients in tenancy and foreclosure matters for the Seton Hall Center for Social Justice’s Civil Litigation Clinic, and was part of a team handling a class action lawsuit. For his work Michael received the Center for Social Justice’s award for Outstanding Contribution to the Civil Litigation Clinic.

Michael was also an active member of the Seton Hall Law Review and the Seton Hall Legislative Journal. He published an article on Title VII in 2018, and is publishing a second article on a corporate choice of law issue in 2019.

Michael is currently serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Walter F. Timpone, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.