Jennifer De Jesus

Jennifer De Jesus is the Director of SEO Law with responsibility for overseeing the SEO Law Fellowship program and Catalyst Scholars program. She focuses on increasing contact and communications with underrepresented students interested in attending law school, preparing and strengthening students to maximize success before and during law school, expanding law firm partner relationships, and supporting current SEO Law alumni in their academic and professional endeavors.

Jennifer most recently worked as a staff attorney at the Robin Hood Project of Advocates for Children of New York, where she provided direct representation at special education hearings, advocacy, and technical assistance on a variety of education issues to low-income families and community-based organizations. She is also a former banking and finance attorney at Clifford Chance US LLP and a former corporate associate at Stroock, Stroock & Lavan LLP, where she worked on an array of transactional matters. During her time at Stroock, Jennifer led the firm’s Legal Outreach summer programming and served as a Board Member of the Attorneys of Color Affinity Group, where she actively worked on diversity recruiting, mentoring, and professional development initiatives.