Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP North Putnam High School, 1986 Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? I find satisfaction in organizing, problem solving and ensuring all pieces come together. If you weren’t working in legal support, what would you be doing? I have always wanted to be an event planner because I […]
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP American Institute for Paralegal Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1990 Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? I first heard the word ‘”paralegal” when I was in high school, in a newspaper article that listed it as the No.1 up-and-coming profession. What caught my attention was how […]
Ice Miller LLP Georgetown University Law Center, 2003 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I like to argue, I like to win, and I like helping people. Being a litigator is a challenging and incredibly rewarding way to use our skills and training to help clients resolve disputes impacting their businesses and/or […]
Marion Superior Court judge Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2000 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I didn’t always know I’d pursue a career in law. After finishing my undergraduate degree, I took a gap year and worked at the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office transcribing probable cause affidavits. Seeing the legal process […]
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1996 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? In undergrad, I was a chemistry/psychology major and knew that there was some form of graduate school in my future. Described by my friends as a professional student, I took the […]
Barrett McNagny LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? Years ago, I claimed to start down this path because, having an accountant/small business owner for a father, I loved everything about business operations except the numbers. As I learned more about transactional practice, I was […]
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1990 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? While studying abroad in Heidelberg, Germany, during my junior year at Wabash College, I roomed with a wrestler from Harvard who intended to go to law school. My conversations with him, coupled with […]
Indiana Legal Services IUPUI, criminal justice Why did you decide to become a paralegal/legal support staffer? My first experience with the legal system was in the year 2000 as an AmeriCorps volunteer at Indiana Legal Services. My attorneys (Staci Lane, Mary Butiste-Jones, and Janet Coney) mentored and encouraged me. I loved working alongside these strong […]
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Vanderbilt Law School, 2000 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I have an academic bent, but I wanted a job that would allow me to help people solve practical problems. The law has proved the perfect fit. If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would […]
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP IUPUI paralegal studies, 2007 If you weren’t working in legal support, what would you be doing? At this point in my life, likely working for a non-profit organization that dedicates its time and resources to helping others. What makes a good paralegal/legal support staffer? I think it takes someone […]
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2015 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? As an undergrad, I had a wide range of interests: a little bit of philosophy, some economics, some history, some science. I didn’t know where I should specialize. Now as a lawyer, I find […]
Parkview Health System Inc. Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2002 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? As an undergrad studying business and accounting, I was exposed to some business law classes, and it amazed me that so much of business—from contracts to the stock markets—was really driven by lawyers and legal […]
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Valparaiso University School of Law, 2016 If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would you be doing? If I hadn’t pursued a legal career, I would likely be a wealth management professional. I was in the banking industry prior to practicing law. I was presented with the opportunity […]
Indiana Democratic Party chair Valparaiso University Law School, 1990 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? It was not my first choice. I like to say that I started off as pre-med and mathematics but got lost in the ‘60s. By the time I went to law school, I was a single mother […]
Barnes & Thornburg LLP Florida State University College of Law If you hadn’t pursued a legal career, what would you be doing? If money was no object, I would be singing. I loved and excelled in choir and musical theater all through middle and high school. Who is someone who has inspired you in your […]
ACLU of Indiana Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2006 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I did not know that I wanted to be a lawyer until I started doing it. Law school for me was largely a way to prevent my life from stalling at a time when it was […]
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 1998 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? There were no attorneys (or real estate professionals) in my family or extended family, but I knew I wanted to pursue an advanced degree. While working during the year after undergrad to […]
Hamilton County government Vermont Law School, 2018 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I looked up to my Uncle Joe, who was an attorney and one of my greatest role models. He was very involved in his community and was his county’s attorney at one point in his career. If you hadn’t […]
Judge Pratt said she drew inspiration from a variety of people, but cited her father, the late defense and civil rights attorney Charles A. Walton, as her first great mentor. “I knew very early on I wanted to be like my dad. I wanted to be a lawyer,” she said.
Lewis Wagner LLP Indiana University McKinney School of Law, 2014 Why did you decide to enter the legal profession? I graduated with a major in English writing and a minor in sociology from DePauw University. As graduation approached, I panicked when faced with the inevitable (and well-intentioned) question of what came next. I wanted to […]