Our Graduates: Career Profile
Additional Education: Currently a law student
Job Title: Law Student
Employer: Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Position Description: Right now, Jennifer studies a lot. She worked at the Fairfield County Prosecutor's Office this past summer and next summer she is going to work for an international law firm in either New York City or Cleveland or Columbus (she is currently in the decision process). While at the prosecutor's office, she wrote briefs to the court and interviewed and prepared victims and witnesses for trial. She worked mainly with victims and witnesses in domestic violence and child rape cases.
While in school, she is a coordinator for the Moritz student program called Dispute Resolution and Youth. They go into local Columbus schools and teach conflict management skills to elementary and middle school kids.
She is also a Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholar and will be taking 4 Spanish classes this year, along with her law curriculum. She already speaks Spanish and she hopes to be able to perfect her grammar and writing skills so that she may do international law work with companies and governments in Central and South America.
Salary Range : First year graduates will make between $40,000 and $125,000
Previously Held Positions: After graduating from Messiah, she spent a year working in Honduras with Mennonite Central Committee. She was a social worker at a domestic violence shelter.
Courses Found Most Helpful: “ Interpersonal Communication, Senior Seminar and any of the classes that forced us to write. I know that the writing skills that Messiah grads have is something that is unique and invaluable in the workplace.”
How HDFS Helped to Prepare Her: “The major is so broad and focused on writing and applying information that it helps in almost any field that graduates choose to pursue after Messiah. The field of law is similar to counseling in many ways and to have the interpersonal skills that I learned and was able to apply has been invaluable - especially working with victims and witnesses of crimes, and even working with corporate counsel, it makes a huge difference if you are able to "read" people and be sensitive to their needs and desires and developmental phases. Sometimes it is surprising, but many people do not have interpersonal skills and that is probably the most important training and skills to perfect in order to work in any field.”
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