Ann Rutherford
About Ann: I received my bachelor’s and my master’s degrees from Iowa State University. While working on my master’s, I spent a summer in Arequipa, Peru, renovating children’s group homes and schools. After graduate school, I moved to Denver, where I worked for the University of Colorado for three years. For the third year, I was allowed to work from home and moved to Laramie, WY. I’m glad to be back in my home state!
Previous Legal and/or Professional Experience: While I do not have any previous legal experience, I did an internship with the Iowa Senate. After graduating with my BA, I worked as a teaching and research assistant through grad school. I also worked for three years at CU Denver as an administrative assistant to the Faculty Assembly.
What do you like to do in your spare time? I enjoy wakeboarding, boating, hiking, reading, knitting, snowmobiling, and spending time with my family and friends. I also love to travel and am planning a backpacking trip to Europe for the summer of 2012 with a friend from high school.
Why did you choose NIU Law? I chose NIU after attending the Female Superlaywer event in April 2011. NIU COL seemed to be a small, close-knit, supportive community, and I have not been disappointed! The smaller class sizes make it easy to get to know your professors and for them to know you, which just doesn’t happen everywhere. Also, my parents live an hour and a half away, which is a blessing after living so far from them for nine years.
This interview was conducted in Fall 2011.