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YCP brings together young workers and seasoned business professionals in a variety of programs to foster Catholic identity, encourage community, and inspire action.
The Executive Speaker Series is a free event open to the public in which executives share their career and faith journeys with young professionals, challenging them to "Work in Witness for Christ."
Attendees enjoy complimentary drinks and appetizers and have a chance to socialize before and after the evening's presentation.
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Christian J. Clark is a litigation associate with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. He previously served as a law clerk to two federal judges: Honorable Loretta A. Preska of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Michael H. Park of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Christian received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2016, where he was a recipient of Dean's Scholar Prizes in the Government Lawyer and Poverty Law courses. During law school, Christian served as an intern in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York as well as the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. Christian is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars.
Prior to law school, Christian was a Theology teacher and the Theology Department Chairman at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, NJ. At Don Bosco Prep, he taught freshmen and sophomores in Old Testament, Morality, and Introduction to Catholicism courses. From 2009-2010, he was a novice in the Society of Jesus, where he spent time discerning the priesthood.
He received a bachelor's degree in history magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Boston College in 2009.
Christian and his wife, Katherine, live in Ridgewood, NJ and are the happy parents of four children. They are also parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ridgewood.