Host of ABA Law Student Podcast
Chay Rodriguez is the IT Communications and Engagement Manager at a prominent entertainment company by day and a part-time law student by night. Originally from the tri-state area, Chay holds a B.S. in Marketing from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Global Fashion Enterprise from Philadelphia University. Currently Chay is participating in an independent study that centers around homeowners associations and the covert use of race in the home buying process. Outside of the classroom, Chay participated in her school’s Peer Mentor Program as a peer mentor to incoming 1L students, competed in the 2021 SRBLSA Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition, and received the honor of Outstanding Student of the Quarter award.
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As law students learn to be lawyers, some feel that they lose themselves—that their prior creative, dynamic individuality is slowly replaced by an unrecognizable law school robot. If you’ve experienced this disorienting...
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