Kim Chew (JD '07)

Kimberly Chew is a second-year, full-time at GGU School of Law. She is a mother of twins and a mentor of many. Read on to find out more about her!

Why did you decide to go to law school?

Kim decided to go to law school for many reasons. First, after 15 years working as a molecular biologist, she decided that the scientist life was not for her. However, her experience in the science field deepened her interest in a legal career, in that she had seen how profoundly the law impacted her department. She was ready for this change in career path and really took a leap as she gave up her salary to take on law school loans. She does not regret one step she has taken since arriving at GGU.

Tell me something special or interesting about your background before you went to law school?

For several years, Kim was a part of the Human Genome Project, an international effort to characterize all human genetic material by determining the complete sequence of the DNA in the human genome. Notably, she was on the team that discovered the myotonic dystrophy gene -- the gene that is responsible for the common form of adult muscular dystrophy.

Tell me something special or interesting about your law school experience.

Kim is the mother of twins, and she found a creative way to immerse herself in legal doctrines without sacrificing time with her children. Every night she would tell her kids a 'law' story. At the time, she was in Professor Kosel's Contracts class and Professor Wilson's Torts class -- both classes were full of short legal stories/cases/principles that she enacted every night to her kids, with the help of their stuffed animals. Negligence and proximate cause with explosions would be featured one night. The following night would feature "Janice's Lemonade Stand," where lemonade was sold in the desert for $5000 per glass, or the Mr. Mitchell hypo complete with little voices for each character.

What is your greatest source of motivation/support as you work toward your JD?

Kim's support has been her mentees. Being able to help other students has helped her to stay focused and feel a sense of accomplishment. She also found that helping others made her a better student because it required that she know the material well enough to be able to teach it to others. In addition, her source of strength has been her children. Her twins once wanted to be scientists and now want to be judges someday.

What is your favorite thing you do when you are not at law school?

Kim enjoys taking her kids to amusement parks or swimming pools and doing crafty hobbies such as pottery.

If Kim is not at GGU, you can find her at Starbucks.