UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — When Glynnis Hagins made the switch from high school teacher in her hometown of Hamlet, North Carolina, to law school student at the University of South Carolina, the transition was part of her career plan since childhood – sort of. “I come from a family of educators, so becoming a teacher was a natural route for me to take, but when I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a lawyer. Actually, I said, ‘I want to be a Supreme Court justice,’ ” Hagins says. “I’m an ambitious adult, and I was definitely a very ambitious child.” As she became more familiar with the multitasking and stress for lawyers practicing in small towns like Hamlet, her interest waned. Her parents encouraged her to consider a career in education, and she was selected as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, the state’s premier scholarship program for aspiring educators. Following college, she taught ninth-grade English for four years, but her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer tugged at her. When she began to see job postings for education lawyers, something clicked. “As a teacher, I knew I wanted to attend law school at a place where I could develop legal skills that would help me to become a strong legal advocate for children,” Hagins says. “I saw that South Carolina Law had a children’s law concentration and a Journal of Law and Education, both of which I knew would prepare me for practicing education law.”