Nicole McConlogue is the first to admit she didn’t exactly know what she wanted to be when she grew up.
Born and raised in Baltimore, she started taking French in seventh grade, which ultimately led to an undergraduate degree in French literature. She then went to law school and focused on consumer protection. That led to several years as the project manager for consumer protection matters at a pro bono service in Maryland, followed by a pivot to legal education.
McConlogue’s winding path gives her a unique lived experience as she joins Mitchell Hamline as an associate professor of law. But none of it was meticulously planned.
“The truth is, there were points in my life when I could have used more intentional guidance from counselors or mentors,” said McConlogue. “I gravitated towards consumer protection law because I wanted to stop bad actors from putting a thumb on the scales to enrich themselves at the expense of marginalized people who are doing the right things and just trying to make it out there. If I were counseling my teenage self, I’d probably have majored in something like economics or sociology.
“But my roundabout path has also made me passionate about offering my students the kind of mentoring and counseling I needed.”
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