Graduate Profile: Leah Hodges, L’22

Student advocates for those with limited resources Leah Hodges chose to attend law school because of her passion for people and providing support for those with limited resources. After graduating this month, she will begin her role as a Missouri Justice Fellow with the Missouri Public Defender’s Office in St. Joseph. The two-year criminal defense fellowship places participants in underserved …

Graduate Profile: Heddy Pierce-Armstrong, L’22

Student turns childhood memories into promising career in labor law Heddy Pierce-Armstrong is graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law this spring and looks forward to discovering what the future will hold. Pierce-Armstrong’s inspiration to attend law school came in the form of a hard-working, take-no-lip mother of two – her own mother. She recalls some of her …