Not everyone knows what their path will be when they choose their major in college. For Hastings College graduates Natalie Hoffmann ‘19 and Victoria Hervey ‘18, their similar passion for law was found through different academic routes.
Hoffmann, an ag business major, and Hervey, a double major in political science and sociology, didn’t cross paths much as students at Hastings College, but struck up a friendship while attending law school together at the University of Nebraska– Lincoln.
Despite their diverse academic backgrounds, the two share an undergraduate experience at Hastings College that helped them define their motivations, and the areas open for those motivations to turn into job opportunities.
For Hoffmann, the fourth generation of a farm family, this looked like realizing how her passions for law and agriculture could work together.
“I always had an interest in law, and growing up on a farm I always loved agriculture. But after getting my ag business degree at Hastings College, I kind of saw our operation through that lens and knew I wanted to get my law degree,” Hoffman said.
Hoffmann first practiced as an associate attorney at Bacon, Vinton & Venteicher Law Firm in Gothenburg, Nebraska. This role had a strong connection to agriculture and rural life, often dealing with estate planning, real estate contracts and economic development, which was a perfect fit at the time.
Hervey’s law career went in an entirely different direction, but one that is equally...
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