

Careers in Public Service: Finding Your Voice. Leading With Purpose with The Honorable Jasmin Lilly-Spells
Event Description
Join the UNLV Collegiate 100 for an engaging Professional Development Workshop featuring Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells.
Judge Lilly-Spells is a graduate of UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law and serves as a District Court Judge for Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District Court. Before taking the bench, she spent more than a decade with the Clark County Public Defender’s Office, rising to Chief Deputy Public Defender.
This interactive conversation will explore careers in public service, leadership, professional development, and the power of effective public speaking. Judge Lilly-Spells will share lessons from her journey in law and public service and offer advice to students interested in becoming leaders in their professions and communities.
Interactive Exercise: 60-Second Public Service Challenge
Students will put their communication skills into practice by making a 60-second case for an issue they care about:
Problem → Impact → Solution → Action
Learn how to communicate an idea clearly, confidently, and persuasively.
What to Expect: Career insights from Judge Lilly-Spells, practical public-speaking skills, an interactive student exercise, networking and Q&A, and free food and drinks.
Who Should Attend?
UNLV students interested in law, government, public policy, criminal justice, leadership, community service, or strengthening their public-speaking skills.
Come ready to learn. Come ready to speak. Come ready to lead.