Miriam Heard

Hometown: LaGrange, Georgia

Undergrad: Salem College

Future plans: To provide legal counsel to non-profits throughout North Carolina

Service: Member, Actual Innocence Project • Member, Student Bar Association Election Committee • Member, Black Law Students Association and Chair of the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture •  Moot Court Team • Gail Drew Scholar, first Elon University School of Law endowed scholarship • Member, Women’s Law Association • Student liason instrumental in establishing partnership with Legal Aid of North Carolina

Reflection: "I did not know many lawyers when I arrived at law school, so the preceptor program, connecting us to practicing lawyers who could serve as mentors, was something unique and special. It helped to demystify the practice of law, it helped me to develop relationships with attorneys who will later become peers. It was a valuable experience, distinctive to Elon Law."