Marsha Hardeman says she didn’t always envision herself as a law school graduate, educator and civil rights advocate – yet all these years later, friends and colleagues still speak about her leadership that speared across campus for decades. Born in Indiana, Hardeman originally studied sociology and psychology, always fascinated by the human psyche and why people do the things they do.
She says she's always had a passion for helping people and being involved in her community and saw these fields as a way to continue that work professionally. It wasn’t until she moved to New Mexico in the ‘70s that she began to toy with the thought of applying to graduate school – at the time The University of New Mexico School of Law was ranked as one of the top five clinical law programs in the country.
“The idea that this clinical law program sought to serve the community really appealed to me, so I applied,” she said.
After being admitted into UNM’s School of Law, Hardeman said she found many ways to get involved.
“Students really had the opportunity to forge relationships with professors, which was such a rare thing. Many of those relationships have lasted until this day. There is a distinct longevity to these friendships; people have stayed connected and are still friends all these years later,” she said.
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