University of Kentucky UKnowledge Law Faculty Scholarly Articles Law Faculty Publications 1996 “Some Kind of Lawyer”: Two Journeys from Classroom to Courtroom and Beyond Terry Birdwhistell University of Kentucky,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/law_facpub Part of the Legal Education Commons, Legal History Commons, and the Legal Profession Commons Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Terry Birdwhistell, “Some Kind of Lawyer”: Two Journeys from Classroom to Courtroom and Beyond, 84 Ky. L.J. 1125 (1996). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Faculty Publications at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law Faculty Scholarly Articles by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “Some Kind of Lawyer”: Two Journeys from Classroom to Courtroom and Beyond Notes/Citation Information Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 84, No. 4 (1995-1996), pp. 1125-1152 This article is available at UKnowledge: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/law_facpub/132 "Some Kind of Lawyer": Two Journeys from Classroom to Courtroom and Beyond EDITED BY TERRY BIRDWHISTELL* F ollowing graduation from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1952, Norma Boster Adams worked briefly as a legal secretary and eventually began practicing law in Somerset, Kentucky. One day a man came into her office and announced, "I'm looking for a lawyer, and they tell me over at the bank that you're some kind of 1' lawyer.' Almost thirty years later, Annette McGee Cunningham began work for the Legal Services office in Lexington following her graduation from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1980.