Jennifer Echemendia is a director of admissions at the Law School. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she graduated with a certificate in international and comparative law. Echemendia interned in the Philadelphia and Seattle immigration courts during law school. Upon graduation, she worked as an attorney advisor in the Executive Office for Immigration Review through the Attorney General’s Honors Program in northern Virginia. During her time as an attorney advisor, Echemendia worked closely with five immigration judges and administered the court’s active legal internship program, recruiting and supervising law students.
Prior to joining UVA Law, Echemendia lived in the United Kingdom for several years, where she qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2018. She then worked for several years at a firm in Cambridgeshire, focusing her practice on trust and estate matters.