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Jennifer Martinez |
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jennifer.martinez@marquette.edu | Instagram: jenny_martinez | 206-851-1752 |
Year in School |
1L |
Where are you from (city, state)? and Where did you get your undergraduate degree (school, state - if you have an advanced degree as well include it)? |
I grew up in Lynnwood, WA; then moved to Portales, New Mexico for college at Eastern New Mexico University (my family is from New Mexico). |
Why was the Sports Law program a factor in your decision to attend Marquette? |
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For me, the Sports Law program was almost my entire decision to come to Marquette. I've played sports my whole life and up until law school I had never been not an athlete. Playing volleyball in college, I found myself deeply dedicated to not only my sport but my athletic lifestyle. Yet although I had aspirations to one day play overseas, endless sprained ankles and a torn ACL, a Political Science degree, and other personal/family happenings reaffirmed that my childhood dream of becoming a lawyer was the ultimate path for me. Yet, even as I eagerly applied to law schools arounds the country, I knew it was going to be difficult to move on from the world of sports. Still, I decided on a law school in Utah, paid my first deposit, and began to envision what the transition would be like. |
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How have you been involved in the program during your time at Marquette (interns, events, law review, competitions, etc.)? |
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I am currently one of the 1L Representatives and have remained active in the society. I take part in sending out weekly emails with job postings to the society, I organized a bowling event for SLS on campus last semester, I currently work with the SLS Vice President as part of the NSLI Interview project, and I partially run the SLS Instagram page. |
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Has the program met your expectations? (i.e. did you make the right decision coming to Marquette?) |
So far the Sports Law Program has met my expectations. As a 1L there is only so much autonomy available alongside the mandatory first year coursework yet I have remained very involved with SLS and feel as though I have have had opportunities to do so. |
What do you plan to do, either within the Program for the rest of your law school career, AND/OR, after you complete law school? |
I plan to run for Vice President of SLS next year and to continue participating in as many Sports Law Events as possible! I would love to return to Spain to work in professional sports one day, I would also love to work in volleyball (the best sport of all time) in the United States. |