Alumni
Alumni programs are important because they demonstrate that not all great lawyers need to practice at law firms to be successful. Many great lawyers who go in-house start with a strong law firm. Winston understands this and supports their alums at various points in their careers.
Chicago Alum
Alumni
Alumni programs are important because they demonstrate that not all great lawyers need to practice at law firms to be successful. Many great lawyers who go in-house start with a strong law firm. Winston understands this and supports their alums at various points in their careers.
Chicago Alum
All of our people—whether they remain at Winston or go on to other distinguished careers—are part of the Winston family.
Winston provides a variety of resources and programs to help our alumni stay connected with the firm, former colleagues, and Winston’s network of more than 3,500 alumni around the world.
We also support our esteemed alumni with professional development and career support, long after they have left the firm.
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Alumni LinkedIn Network
The Winston & Strawn LLP Attorney Alumni network is an exclusive and interactive LinkedIn community where we share breaking news about Winston and its attorneys and where you can share your career and personal updates with fellow alumni.
Alumni SpotlightIn-house Insights From Ryan Dunigan
We recently spoke with alum Ryan Dunigan (Chicago 2012-2016 & 2017-2021) about his role as divisional general counsel of Corning, Incorporated’s largest subsidiary—Corning Optical Communications (COC). A die-hard Winston fan, Ryan said his time at Winston set him up for success at Corning.
Alumni SpotlightConor Boyle Serves Up A New Answer to the Age-Old Question “What’s for Dinner?”
In October 2020, while many were still reeling from COVID-19, Conor Boyle (London, 2015-2021) set out to simplify dinner time by co-founding Plate Up, a popular meal planning, purchase, and preparation app available in the UK.
Alumni SpotlightAlum Randi Rader Featured in Documentary on Parenting a Child with Disabilities
“Holding Moses,” a 17-minute documentary featuring alum Randi Rader (2012-2017) and her son, offers an intimate and profoundly honest glimpse into the immense love and grit that Randi brings to parenting a child with disabilities as well as the grief and despair she initially felt after Moses was born. The award-winning short film was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.
Continuing Legal Education
Winston offers our alumni access to a variety of continuing legal education (CLE) courses, with credit available in Illinois, California, New York, and Texas.
These courses cover legal topics ranging from incorporation and privacy laws to labor and employee benefits, legal ethics and professional responsibility. In addition, we offer CLE courses that cover diversity, equity & inclusion topics and well-being courses on managing stress and substance abuse.
When possible, we invite our alums to participate in live sessions that we offer virtually. In addition, Winston alumni have 24/7 access to our on-demand CLE Library, which contains more than 250 courses available to alumni.
To obtain login credentials to Winston’s CLE Library, contact Winston’s CLE Manager Lewis Marin.
These courses cover legal topics ranging from incorporation and privacy laws to labor and employee benefits, legal ethics and professional responsibility. In addition, we offer CLE courses that cover diversity, equity & inclusion topics and well-being courses on managing stress and substance abuse.
When possible, we invite our alums to participate in live sessions that we offer virtually. In addition, Winston alumni have 24/7 access to our on-demand CLE Library, which contains more than 250 courses available to alumni.
To obtain login credentials to Winston’s CLE Library, contact Winston’s CLE Manager Lewis Marin.
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Contact Debby Cusumano Caldwell, Director of Alumni Relations, for more information on our alumni program, to submit ideas for future Alumni Access stories, or to submit an in-house position for the job board.
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