{"656284":{"#nid":"656284","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Spotlight: Janelle Owusu","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJanelle Owusu graduated with a B.S. in Public Policy in 2019, and shortly thereafter, she began her postgraduate education in pursuit of a law degree. Owusu shared more about her law studies and what life is like after graduating from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat are you up to post-graduation? What led you there?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI am finishing up my last semester of law school at New York University! I was always pretty sure that I wanted to go to law school, and my time at Georgia Tech helped me solidify this.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s your favorite part of your current role?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI get to learn about all types of law, some of which I did not know existed before I came to school. I have gotten to take a variety of classes on topics including domestic violence, trusts and estates, digital currency, and fashion law.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s your favorite part of your current role?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI get to learn about all types of law, some of which, I did not know existed before I came to school. I have gotten to take a variety of classes on topics, including domestic violence, trusts and estates, digital currency, and fashion law.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EHow do you think your Georgia Tech public policy education prepared you to succeed?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy public policy education provided me with a base-level understanding of where laws come from and how they work. Almost all of my course exams at law school have had a section dedicated to discussing specific public-policy considerations of how the course\u0026rsquo;s topic impacts people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EIs there anything of which you\u0026rsquo;re particularly proud?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0026rsquo;m proud that I was able to get into law school in the first place! I am a first-generation student and American, so asking mom and dad for help along the way hasn\u0026rsquo;t necessarily been an option for me. I have met people \u0026mdash; \u003Cem\u003Eespecially\u003C\/em\u003E faculty and staff in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/lst\u0022\u003ELaw, Science, and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E program \u0026mdash; that extended grace to me and helped me think about going to law school, so I\u0026rsquo;m truly grateful for them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s something you miss about Georgia Tech?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI miss having access to a campus that truly was a bubble in the middle of a great city. New York City is loads of fun, but it was nice to have some level of separation from the city while being on campus as an undergraduate student.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s one piece of advice that you have for students who are graduating soon?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhenever you meet someone that is doing or working on something you might be interested in, talk to them! I truly owe a ton to the lawyers I met at Georgia Tech. People love to talk about what they are working on, and there is a lot to be learned from just listening to their stories.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ECan students interested in pursuing a similar field reach out to you?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course! Anyone who is wondering if they would want to go to law school can email me at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:janelle.owusu@law.nyu.edu\u0022\u003Ejanelle.owusu@law.nyu.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOwusu graduated with a B.S. in Public Policy in 2019 and is now a law student at New York University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Owusu graduated with a B.S. in Public Policy in 2019 and is now a law student at New York University."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-03-11 18:20:16","changed_gmt":"2022-03-11 21:14:52","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656283":{"id":"656283","type":"image","title":"Alumni Spotlight: Janelle Owusu","body":null,"created":"1647022614","gmt_created":"2022-03-11 18:16:54","changed":"1647023902","gmt_changed":"2022-03-11 18:38:22","alt":"Text reads \u0022Alumni Spotlight, Janelle Owusu\u0022 and the School of Public Policy logo. 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