Emelie Kogut（15届）加入埃森哲

凭借对知识产权和技术法律的热情，这位2015届毕业生在网络安全咨询领域找到了自己的位置。

Emelie Kogut出生于瑞典，在美国和法国长大。 She attended Columbia University and found her passion in political science and international relations. After graduation, Kogut worked as a paralegal in two law firms in New York and completed an internship in Geneva at International Bridges to Justice, an NGO that provides legal assistance to criminal defendants. “The idea that a lawyer can work either at a firm, NGO, government, or other organization all while providing assistance to those in need was very exciting and liberating to me,” she says.

凭借她的国际背景和对政治学的兴趣，她选择了波士顿大学法学院，因为它在国内外都享有很高的声誉，而且师资力量雄厚。 她也被学校的小规模所吸引。 “I wanted not only a top-notch education, but also a welcoming and tight-knit community where students could express their interests through students groups and clubs outside of the classroom,” she states.

While at BU Law, Kogut’s interest in intellectual property and cyberlaw grew due to her coursework and the ongoing developments in technology law. “The classes I took with Michael Meurer教授 and 斯泰西多根 challenged me to analyze the tensions between law, business, and consumer demands,” she says. “The advancements of the Internet and Internet-connected devices, as well as the global expansion of businesses, present unique cyber challenges to lawyers.”

During her studies at BU Law, Kogut was involved in the 国际法杂志, where she served as the managing editor in her third year. “The opportunity to manage our journal’s writing competition was a good introduction to managing projects and teams in my work as a consultant,” she says. 在申请埃森哲目前的职位时，她还能将自己的日记作为写作样本提交。 她为她的笔记所做的澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究为她在公司的技能面试做了准备。 “I am grateful that BU Law journals require students to embark on the lofty 45-page note assignment, since it allowed me to focus on a particular area of cyber law that I wanted to pursue in my career.”

科古特目前在埃森哲（Accenture）位于纽约的安全战略部门担任高级分析师。 她是通过她的一个同学介绍认识现在的雇主的，她强调了网络对寻找第一份法律工作的学生的价值。 她还鼓励波士顿大学法学院的学生在寻找工作机会时保持开放的心态。 Though working in consulting had not originally crossed her mind, she says, “I soon recognized that cybersecurity is a fast-moving field that is heavily connected with law and compliance. If I wanted to become a leader in the field, now was the time to jump in since US cybersecurity and privacy laws were still the development stages.” 她补充说，对咨询感兴趣的学生应该找一个将咨询与法律联系起来的专业，并专注于他们的课程，以便在面试中利用他们的专业知识。

科古特认为，她在波士顿大学法学院的经历为她从事咨询行业做了准备，因为咨询师和律师需要许多相同的技能。 In her current role, she conducts cybersecurity assessments of her clients by interviewing executives and employees, and then offers recommendations on how to address the company’s security gaps. “My biggest challenge has been learning the technical side of cybersecurity and feeling comfortable discussing technical issues with clients,” she says. “Every day is a learning process, but BU Law’s rigorous curriculum has prepared me well to learn new and complex topics, regardless of the field.”

Reported by Erin Phelps (Questrom’16).