Courtney Lewis, a 2009 Chapman University School of Law graduate, has landed a job as the Associate Counsel for the Phoenix Suns, an\u00a0NBA franchise.\u00a0 Throughout her entire 3L year at Chapman, Lewis had an unpaid externship with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This opportunity broadened her professional network, which eventually\u00a0led her to her first job out of law school, the Legal Counsel\u00a0for the Phoenix Coyotes, an NHL franchise.\u00a0 During her two-year tenure with the Coyotes, she managed the day-to-day\u00a0operations of the legal department during a turbulent time as the team had filed for bankruptcy in May 2009 and was seeking an owner.<\/p>\n
Lewis transitioned from the Phoenix\u00a0Coyotes to the Phoenix\u00a0Suns where she manages the legal day-to-day operations for the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury (a WNBA franchise) and the US Airways Center.<\/p>\n
Lewis said, “In both grad school and law school, the ability to supplement my\u00a0classroom learning with practical experience\u00a0 gave me a competitive advantage and the tools necessary to land my dream job as in-house counsel for a professional sports team.\u00a0 More specifically, Chapman’s externship program\u00a0granted me the opportunity to work with\u00a0the well-respected\u00a0in-house counsel\u00a0of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, David Cohen….. Had Chapman not provided me the externship opportunity with the Angels, undoubtedly my journey to becoming an in-house counsel would have been more circuitous and taken longer.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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