Hometown: New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Email: smh7744@psu.edu
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Legal Areas of Interest:
Juvenile Law and Child Advocacy

Undergraduate Study:
Economics & Political Science — Washington College

Campus and Community Involvement:
Women’s Law Cacaus, SBA Wellness Committee, Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers

Life Before Dickinson Law:
Gap year focusing on both mine and my family’s health and well-being.

A Dickinson Law Favorite:
Curtilage Comebacks

Why Dickinson Law?:
As a native Pennsylvanian, I chose Penn State Dickinson Law because of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic. I wanted to learn how to best advocate for the children of Pennsylvania. Through the Children’s Advocacy Clinic, I would gain hands-on experience in court while still a student. The Children’s Advocacy Clinic is important to me because the clinic brings together law, social work, medicine, and mental health to advocate across disciplines for families and children in Pennsylvania.

Favorite Course:
Trauma-Informed Lawyering

Advice for Prospective Law Students:
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.”

Something You Love About Carlisle:
Wednesday Weekly Farmers Market

On Choosing A Law School:
For me, the tour and the people make the school. Penn State Dickinson Law stood out to me because I could walk up to students and ask them for directions, and students smiled at me and would wave.

You’d Never Guess That… :
I wrote my personal statement about my experience in the sport of rowing.

Favorite Book:
Tuesdays With Morrie