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I love it. I got a 3.5 in my first semester.

— Former Trump White House aide and “Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault Newman, commenting on her experience thus far as a first-year law student at Southern University Law Center. Newman was inspired to go to law school in the wake of her brother’s 2011 murder. “When I was sitting in the courtroom with the monster who murdered him, I felt helpless,” she explained. “I felt like I wanted to do something.” She says she plans to focus on telecom law and policy after graduating.

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