Continuing our spotlight on women who teach, today's interview is with someone who "wears many hats." Amanda Watson teaches law students how to conduct legal research, but she is also a law librarian and administrator.
Growing up in rural Mississippi, Amanda thought she'd grow up to... move away from Mississippi. Along the way, she studied music education, went to law school, and realized that she didn't like practicing; she liked research and fact-finding. Amanda decided to follow the parts of law she enjoyed and became a law librarian. Today, she's the Associate Director of the Tulane University Law Library, and says that, "All the things I thought I wanted about being a lawyer were actually here."
Amanda Watson grew up wanting to wanting to leave Mississippi behind. After majoring in music education and graduating from law school (and teaching all the while), she realized that she really enjoyed research and fact-finding. Thinking back to a student job at the Ole Miss law library, she became a law librarian. Today, she happily lives with her son and her partner in New Orleans as the Associate Director of the Tulane University School of Law Library.
