The Mentorship Committee is dedicated to connecting experienced practitioners with law students and new lawyers to provide them with guidance and advice as they develop their careers. To accomplish this goal, the Mentorship Committee created the "pod" system where a mix of experienced practitioners, new lawyers and law students are assigned to small groups. The system is designed to allow members to form stronger connections and create a more structured mentorship process. In addition to the "pod" system, the Mentorship Committee also sponsors career development workshops and networking events.

MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE

Welcome to APABA Silicon Valley's Mentorship Committee! We hope that you will become active in mentoring activities with APABA Silicon Valley both to benefit from mentoring and to provide mentoring to younger lawyers. We welcome your input and participation, and hope to see you at upcoming events!

The Mentorship Committee is dedicated to connecting experienced practitioners with law students and new lawyers to provide them with guidance and advice as they develop their careers. To accomplish this goal, the Mentorship Committee created the “family” system where a mix of experienced practitioners, new lawyers and law students are assigned to small groups. The system is designed to allow members to form stronger connections and create a more structured mentorship process. In addition to the “family” system, the Mentorship Committee also sponsors career development workshops and networking events.

For a number of years, the Mentorship Committee has been dedicated to fostering relationships between local bay area law students and attorneys. With the help of Santa Clara University APALSA, the Mentorship Committee has organized mentorship pairings, various networking events and mixers (at least twice a year), as well as has encouraged and helped foster informal gatherings between students and attorneys.

For more information, please contact the co-chairs at mentorship@apabasv.com.

CO-CHAIRS

Rajy Banerjee

Rajy Banerjee serves as a Corporate Counsel at NetApp, specializing in commercial contracts, including software services, SaaS and cloud hybrid agreements data privacy issues, supporting small, midsize and enterprise transactions and privacy matters. Rajy has accumulated valuable experience through her tenure at renowned companies such as Vodafone, Pinterest, and CaptivateIQ, a tech startup. Rajy is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Vincent Sheu

Vincent counsels clients at the intersection of law, technology, and business. His educational background includes law, computer science (AI/NLP/security), and bioengineering, which he leverages to offer clients practical, business-focused advice with an eye toward their products' underlying technology. After stints at large law firms spanning the practice areas of corporate, intellectual property, and litigation, he served as general counsel at a growth video game company before building his own fractional general counsel practice. He now advises clients across a full spectrum of legal issues in a number of spheres, including AI, travel tech, drug discovery, housing, insurance, solar energy, and nonprofit organizations.