{"id":6057,"date":"2017-05-03T08:59:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=6057"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:50:56","slug":"making-it-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2017\/05\/03\/making-it-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Making It Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Alumna fulfills childhood dream<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If there is one question attorney Allison Oasis Kahn (\u201998) has heard over and over again, it is this: Is there a special significance to the name \u201cOasis?\u201d Her answer is not what you might think. \u201cMy grandfather arrived at Ellis Island as Harry Osais,\u201d she says, \u201cand disembarked as Harry Oasis.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she was growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, family and friends probably knew Kahn was destined for a legal career. She was just 8 years old when she discovered her interest in the law. \u201cWhen I was that age, we had approximately five television channels,\u201d she said. \u201cI watched courtroom dramas presided over by pseudo-judges and was absolutely riveted.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Georgia Southern University, Kahn majored in English, was active in her sorority Zeta Tau Alpha and involved in the Student Government Association and the Model United Nations. American Literature, Poetry Writing and Art Appreciation were among her favorite classes. \u201cLiberal arts education focuses on reading, writing and critical thinking,\u201d she explained in an email. \u201cLawyers need all those components to be effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alumna Makes Good as Attorney<\/strong>
\nAfter graduating from law school, Kahn clerked for an appellate judge where she got a \u201ccrash course on how courts work behind the scenes.\u201d Today, she is a member of The Florida Bar, an Attorney Member of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee, an expert in employment and labor law, and a shareholder at Carlton Fields in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her job, she says, is challenging and rewarding. \u201cI love taking depositions, analyzing the law, writing briefs, and arguing in court. I have made meaningful friendships with other lawyers in my firm and in the community too. It\u2019s a nice perk that I learn something new every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her practice, she defends employers in discrimination, retaliation and wage and hour matters in state and federal court. \u201cOne day, I may be negotiating with the U.S. Department of Labor over an interpretation of a regulation, and the next day, I may be counseling an employer on rights or responsibilities in the employment relationship,\u201d Kahn explains.<\/p>\n

The expert in labor law understands what it means for companies that offer internships, and for students who want to connect what they learn in the classroom with real world experience. \u201cThere are many employers who have internship programs to be good corporate citizens,\u201d she says. \u201cThey want to train and educate students. \u2026 The best internships give training and constructive feedback in the intern\u2019s area of study, which is an enormous benefit to the student\u2019s education. Employers, can and sometimes do, get some benefit from the unpaid work performed by interns, but the primary benefit should go to the student.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finding Balance<\/strong>
\nThe Georgia Southern alumna with a demanding career is also a devoted wife and mother of three who has figured out how to prioritize work and family. \u201cCoffee, technology and family support are all essentials,\u201d she says. Her hobbies are limited to what she considers \u201cexciting things like walking the aisles of the grocery store all by myself.\u201d In her downtime she loves \u201cto bike ride with my kids, have date night with my husband, hang out with friends and family or even see a movie before it\u2019s digitally released.\u201d \u2014 Sandra Bennett<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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