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Two new law school graduates join Prudential Law Fellows Program

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  Published in Business and Finance on Monday, February 28th 2011 at 7:30 GMT by Market Wire
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NEWARK, N.J.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--The Law, Compliance & Business Ethics (LCBE) Department at Prudential Financial, Inc., (NYSE: PRU), working closely with the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), has selected two new members of the Prudential Law Fellows Program.

"HNBA appreciates Prudentiala™s exemplary efforts to provide opportunities to lawyers and other professionals from diverse backgrounds. We hope that the Prudential Fellows Program will become a model for other corporations and law departments to emulate."

The program, which was launched last February, offers recent law school graduates accelerated learning opportunities in corporate law over an 18-month period, along with mentorship and guidance. Two new Fellows are chosen each year to rotate through up to three divisions in the Law Department, including Insurance, Investments, Litigation/Regulatory, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Employment & Labor, Employee Benefits and International.

Susan Blount, senior vice president and general counsel at Prudential, said, aThe Prudential Fellows Program primarily focuses on women and minority group members and is a reflection of Prudentiala™s commitment to promoting and sustaining a diverse workplace and to helping the legal profession mirror the diversity of American society. The Prudential Fellows program provides opportunities for newly-licensed lawyers and, in return, our department is enriched by the competence, passion and enthusiasm of highly motivated individuals.a

Richard Meade, vice president and chief legal officer-International, added, aPrudential values the partnerships wea™ve forged with HNBA and NAPABA in helping us select our two newest fellows. We anticipate expanding the program to include partnerships with other diversity-oriented bar associations.a Meade is also chair of the Diversity Steering Committee for LCBE.

The two new Prudential Fellows are No© Burgos, a member of HNBA, who joined Prudential in February; and NAPABA member Joseph Wang, who joined the company in January.

Burgos graduated from Fordham University in 2010 with a JD degree from the School of Law and an MA degree in International Political Economy and Development from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He earned a BA degree in economics and international relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007.

aIa™m very excited about this opportunity. Ia™m looking forward to learning more about the law profession,a said Burgos. Previously, he was a Public Interest Fellow in the office of the Brooklyn, NY borough president. He also worked with the Securities & Exchange Commission; and interned for a chief judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York and for the State Department in Washington, D.C. His first assignment at Prudential is with the Employment & Labor Law unit.

HNBA National President Diana Sen said, aHNBA appreciates Prudentiala™s exemplary efforts to provide opportunities to lawyers and other professionals from diverse backgrounds. We hope that the Prudential Fellows Program will become a model for other corporations and law departments to emulate.a

Wang received a JD degree in 2010 from Michigan Law School, where he won the Scholarly Writing Award and the Ted St. Antoine Commemorative Scholarship. He has a Master of Philosophy degree in Ancient Greek History from Oxford University, and an AB degree in Classics from Princeton.

aIta™s already been fantastic working at Prudential. My first assignment is in the Investment unit and Ia™m appreciating the complexity of mutual funds and the processes behind registration and governance. Everyone in the department has really taken an interest in making sure that I have interesting and challenging projects,a said Wang. Previously, Wang was a student attorney with the Michigan Clinical Law Program; a research assistant with the Michigan Ross School of Business; a judicial extern with the Superior Court and the Supreme Court of Alaska; and a research assistant at Michigan Law School.

aThe NAPABA-Prudential Law Fellows Program provides an excellent opportunity for a new attorney to gain substantive hands on experience," said Paul O. Hirose, president of NAPABA. "2010 Fellow Joseph Wang represents the best and the brightest from our community and the 2011 Fellowship will provide another opportunity for one of our members to shine.a

HNBA is an incorporated, not-for-profit, non-partisan, national membership organization that represents the interests of the more than 100,000 attorneys, judges, law professors, legal assistants, and law students of Hispanic descent in the United States and Puerto Rico. For more information about the HNBA, please visit [ www.hnba.com ].

NAPABA is a national association of Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students comprised of approximately 59 local APA bar associations and individual members whose practice settings range from solo practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $784 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudentiala™s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudentiala™s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit [ http://www.news.prudential.com/ ].