About Our Office

Meet the Career Planning Staff

Lorriann T. Olan - Director olanl@wlu.edu	Ms. Olan joined OCP in August 2007. She graduated from Oberlin College and currently serves on the Executive Board of its Alumni Council. Ms. Olan worked as a Litigation Legal Assistant for two years at a large firm in New York before heading to Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. Following graduation, she clerked for the Massachusetts Superior Court before relocating to Virginia. She has served as the Executive Director of Project Horizon, a nonprofit domestic violence and sexual assault agency, in Lexington, and as a clerk for two judges on the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Contact Ms. Olan for advice on career strategy; resume and cover letter review; assistance with interview skills and preparation; clerkship strategy and applications; student programming and feedback on OCP.



Terry Evans - Law Recruitment Advisor evanst@wlu.edu	Ms. Evans holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Syracuse University. She has worked at W&L Law since 1998 and joined the Office of Career Planning in Summer 2006. Contact Ms. Evans for assistance with job postings and on-campus interview schedules, interview programs, job fairs, and questions about Symplicity.

Suzanne Wade - Law Career Planning Coordinator swade@wlu.edu	Ms. Wade joined the Career Planning office in May 2008. She attended Mary Baldwin College and has worked at W&L since 1992. Ms. Wade has more than ten years experience working in the career planning field at W&L. Ms. Wade assists with all aspects of educational and recruitment programming. Contact Ms. Wade for assistance with job postings for students and alumni, interview programs and questions about Symplicity.
Jane McDonald - Career Planning Assistant mcdonaldj@wlu.edu	Ms. McDonald joined W&L Law in June 2005 from the Development Office of Stuart Hall School in Staunton. Contact Ms. McDonald to schedule appointments (including advance copies of resumes and cover letters), obtain passwords, request reciprocity, and for questions about the OCP calendar, library and web resources, phone and fax use.