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Amy Applegate Indiana University Maurer School of Law Harvard Law School, 1981 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I was going to pursue a Ph.D. in romance linguistics, but over the summer before my senior year in college, I was having lunch in a New York City restaurant with my best friend […]

Joel Schumm Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1998 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Lawyers can and do make a difference — for individual clients and bigger causes. If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would you be doing? I […]

Keith Bice Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP Notre Dame Law School, 1998 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I am the first generation in my family to go to college. My dad worked in foundry maintenance and later owned a small business. I learned early in my life that working with my hands […]

Carl Pebworth Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP University of Michigan Law School, 1991 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? After college, I went to work at an advertising agency in Chicago (Head & Shoulders shampoo — “You never get a chance to make a first impression”). Over time, selling soap did […]

Whittley Pike Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I am the oldest daughter of two small business owners who never went to college. That I earned my bachelor’s degree was in some ways their biggest dream […]

Andrea Townsend Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2013 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I love how the law enables us to enact change, from Capitol Hill to the courtroom. Being a lawyer empowers me to do better — to draft better governing […]

Jacob German Barnes & Thornburg LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I grew up in a household of educator parents — my parents were public school teachers. Consequently, early in my life they instilled a lifelong commitment to education and learning. My dad taught […]

Angela Jones The Law Office of Angela M. Jones Stetson University College of Law, 2011 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I had a bizarre experience when I was a fairly young girl. I was at a park and there were some boys killing baby birds with a basketball. It was horrific […]

Rayann Knepley Kids’ Voice of Indiana Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? It was never my intention to become a legal support staffer/paralegal in the beginning. I was a new, young mother looking for employment. An attorney that had represented a family member had just recently lost his legal assistant, and […]

Lacy Johnson Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1981 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Mine was not a typical path. At the age of 7, I witnessed my father being detained by the police following an incident in our neighborhood. We found ourselves in […]

Chuck Schmal Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner LLP George Mason University School of Law, 1999 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Growing up, I never thought I would be an attorney. Movies and books concerning the law did not interest me. Even a field trip to Center City Philadelphia to watch […]