February 2, 2021 at 12:09 PM
Shares9
Kamala Harris (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)
As the old saying about law school goes, “1L, they scare you to death; 2L, they work you to death; 3L, they bore you to death.” One third-year law student is going to be anything but bored this year because she recently joined the White House staff as assistant press secretary to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Meet Rachel Palermo, a second semester 3L at Notre Dame Law. She’s been working in political communications since the 2016 election, when she joined the Democratic National Committee’s press team. As a 2L, she externed for Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign, and this fall, she became a member of the Biden-Harris Transition’s communications team. Now, she’s working just as hard to complete her law school studies as she is for the American people.