Now a Stanford University Law School graduate, former Washington University student-athlete CJ Harrington used the time between his freshman and sophomore years in both high school and college to set his future in motion.
After his first year at Park Tudor High School in Indianapolis, Harrington entered an exposure program at the Just the Beginning Foundation, which helps underrepresented students pursue opportunities in law. “We learned what it is like to be an attorney and the different paths that one can take to be in the law profession,” he described. “We had a moot court competition and I ended up winning. At that point, I thought, ‘Maybe I could be decent at this’ and stuck with it.”
Having played for the two-time Indiana state champions in high school, he always envisioned himself playing basketball in college. Things didn’t exactly go as planned when he was cut as a freshman at WashU, but his hard work and determination earned him a spot the following season.
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