Quaime Lee (NUSL 2002) re-joins the NUSL community as Assistant Dean for the Center for Co-op and Career Development. Quaime started his career in legal career advising here at NUSL, as a professional development advisor in the Center in 2011, advising JD candidates and alums, as well the first two cohorts of Master of Laws (LLM) candidates at Northeastern. Before returning to NUSL, Quaime spent more than seven years at Suffolk University Law School as an Assistant Director and then Associate Director for Emerging Careers and JD Advising. In addition to general legal career advising, Quaime focused his efforts at Suffolk Law on connecting full-time and part-time JD, LLM and Master of Science in Law students and graduates with gainful employment as in-house corporate attorneys, as well as compliance, contract management, data privacy and legal operations professionals. In collaboration with the Director of Suffolk Law’s clinical faculty, he launched a pilot curriculum aimed at helping law students to be more intentionally engaged with their professional identity formation. 

Quaime’s service in higher education has been grounded in a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, having served as a member of the Committee Against Institutionalized Racism during his last stint at NUSL; Suffolk Law’s Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Committee; an inaugural member of Suffolk University’s Ambassador’s for Inclusion initiative; and as a small group facilitator and strategic contributor in Suffolk’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Initiative. 

After law school Quaime spent six years in the US Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, which oversees the workers’ compensation and disability program for federal employees.  

Quaime received his Juris Doctor from NUSL, where he completed co-ops with the following employers: the Honorable Herbert Goodwin, Brookline District Court; the Office of General Counsel for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; and the law firms Peabody & Arnold and Davis, Malm & D’Agostine. 

In addition to his Juris Doctor from Northeastern, Quaime holds a Bachelor of Arts on Classics-Latin from Harvard College and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, where he focused his studies of comparative ethics and bridging cultural differences. 

Sophie supports the daily operations of the co-op program and assists the advising team with a full schedule of student programming. She received her B.A. from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she majored in French. Prior to joining NUSL in 2017, Sophie taught English as a Second Language in France and in Boston, and worked as an International Student Officer at an ESL school in Boston.

Jocie Coletti is the Director of Public Interest and Government at NUSL, where she leads the team in advising students and engaging with public interest, government, and judicial employers.

Before joining NUSL, Jocie spent nearly 20 years at New England Law | Boston, most recently as Director of Career Services. She focused on building relationships with employers to enhance internship and postgraduate opportunities, significantly increasing participation in the Summer Fellowship Program and establishing the Portia Pipeline to Practice Program in 2021 to promote diversity in the legal profession.

Jocie also collaborated with the Director of Academic Excellence to develop a professional development course centered on skill-building and inclusive practices. Previously, she served as Associate Director of Career Services and Pro Bono Coordinator, where she provided career advising and managed the Public Service Honor Roll program.

A 2005 graduate of New England Law | Boston, Jocie holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During law school, she participated in the Family Law and Government Lawyer clinics, serving as a student attorney in the law school’s in-house clinic and in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division.

Becky is the Assistant Director of LL.M. and J.D. Advising. Before joining NUSL, Becky was the Assistant Director of Legal Career Services at UMass School of Law where she advised students and alumni seeking internships and employment in both the private and public interest sectors.

Prior to becoming a legal career advisor, Becky practiced immigration law in the Boston area for over twenty years, committing her legal career to supporting low-income immigrant and refugee families. She started her career at the International Institute of New England, a refugee resettlement organization, where she served as Managing Attorney. She later opened her own immigration law practice in Cambridge during which time she joined the Rian Immigrant Center as a pro bono attorney. After the devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, she became part of their staff and worked closely with Haitian families and survivors. She also represented individuals from all over the world in family and humanitarian-based immigration cases. In 2017, Becky traveled to Texas to volunteer at a family detention facility, providing legal assistance to young mothers and children seeking asylum in the U.S.

At the Rian Immigrant Center, Becky became Associate Director of Legal Services. As part of this role, she worked closely with law student interns, including co-op students. She became passionate about mentoring and advising law students on their career journeys, which led her to make the transition to legal career advising.

Becky received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and a B.A. in French from Bates College. Becky presented at and chaired immigration law events regularly for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and was a member of the immigration law steering committee for the Boston Bar Association (BBA).

Cynthia is the Director of the Private Sector in the Center for Co-op and Career Development at Northeastern University School of Law. In this role, she leads the Private Sector team in advising students and engaging with a range of private sector employers.  A native of Brookline, MA, she graduated cum laude from Boston College with a B.S. in Marketing, and is a 2005 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law.  During law school, Cynthia benefited from participating in NUSL’s Co-operative Legal Education Program, completing co-ops in Middlesex Juvenile Court and three law firms.  Cynthia also was a member of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.  After graduating from NUSL, Cynthia worked at a small general practice law firm, before deciding that higher education was her true calling.  Cynthia returned briefly to NUSL before joining the BU Law Career Development Office as the Recruitment and Marketing Manager.  At BU Law, Cynthia advised students on recruitment, engaged in extensive employer outreach, and managed the on campus interviewing process.

In her role at NUSL, Cynthia advises students interested in working at law firms and companies for co-op and post-graduate opportunities, including in depth advising around Summer Associate recruitment.  Cynthia also advises the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and serves on various committees.

Cynthia’s background includes a history in competitive tennis.  As a scholarship athlete at Boston College, she competed at the #1 singles and #1 doubles positions for the Eagles for four years, and served for nearly five years post-graduation as the Assistant Coach for the Boston College Women’s Tennis Team.

Audrey Robert Ramirez is a 2011 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Tufts University where she obtained a dual degree in Law and Public Health. She is pleased to join the Co-op and Career Office staff as a Public Interest and Government student advisor.

Before rejoining the NUSL community, Audrey spent 14 years practicing immigration law. Her last Co-op led to her first post-graduate job at a small public interest private firm in Boston whose partners were adjunct immigration professors at NUSL. When that firm dissolved a few years later, Audrey founded her own immigration law firm, later partnering with a fellow NUSL alum to form Ramirez & Kain, LLC. As a practitioner, Audrey was active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association serving as a liaison to the Boston Asylum Office, mentoring newer attorneys and law students, and organizing regional immigration law conferences. Driven by a commitment to social justice, Audrey is delighted to engage with students and employers in our shared pursuit of impactful and meaningful careers.

While at NUSL and Tufts, Audrey enjoyed the following co-ops and internship: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Medical Legal Partnership; Holland & Knight, LLP; Greater Boston Legal Services – Immigration Unit; and Kaplan, Friedman & Associates, LLP.