Erica

"I started taking gender Studies classes my freshman sophomore year really fell in love with it and decided to minor in it."

"I just graduated from law school a year ago, and now instead of a lawyer. I'm kind of a judge."

"I have my name on for five different orders and cases at a time and I'm working on one or two at a time. I'm in charge of most criminal cases."

"But the thing that they don't teach you is how to read between the lines and how to kind of anticipate what your judge might think."

"Knowing your audience is really important and that's something that I'm learning."

"It's also stressful learning curve going from being a law student to being the decider. It feels like a lot of pressure sometimes but you just learn how to do it."

"What I like about the legal industry is that there's opportunity to feel like you're making a change even if it's a change on behalf of one client, even if it's helping one person get their immigration status."

"I think it's about being personable and being passionate about what you're doing. Making Connections, not only between other lawyers in the community but your clients and having empathy and being passionate about your work."

"I wish I knew that it wasn't as crazy hard as everyone says it will be"

"I think there are a lot of opportunities for smaller firms that need paralegals or investigators or even receptionists."

"I realized that I hated economics. But it felt too late for me to change my major."

"all the skills are transferable no matter if you end up continuing on the same path that you started in or you know switching careers in some way."

"I really had to do some research figuring out what law firms what judges like who I'd be comfortable with"