Taking up
law
Margie Thomas Pizarro ’91
Fall 2004
Clemson alumnus Margie Pizarro
has had a successful career as an elementary school teacher. The mother
of four, however, has another passion in addition
to teaching. She’s had a lifelong interest in law.
Between her teaching duties and taking care of her children, she’s
volunteered for a capital litigation attorney, researched law careers,
observed court proceedings and explored her options for law school. In
the meantime, she also enrolled in a paralegal program at Greenville
Technical College.
Last fall when she heard about the new Charleston School of Law, she
knew it was the opportunity she’d been hoping for. As a Walterboro
native, she has family in the area to help with the children and give
moral support. This August she ended one chapter and began another as
a law student.
Pictured with Pizarro are her children, clockwise from top, Robert, Mariano,
Alexis and Martinez.
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