Miguelle Fernandez

My professional experience is shaped by two things that have stubbornly followed me throughout my life, for better or worse, namely my love for teaching and my fascination with the law. For reasons I still cannot fully explain, I have always gravitated toward work that demands clarity of thought, explanation, and structure. This is probably why I ended up as an assistant professor teaching both social science subjects and foundational law courses such as Labor Law and Civil Law. It was the perfect middle ground for someone who enjoys ideas but also appreciates the logical elegance of legal doctrine.

Teaching has always been more than a job for me. I like the exchange of ideas, the debates, and the occasional curveball question from a student that forces me to revisit something I thought I already understood. One thing my students appreciated was my refusal to pretend omniscience. If I did not know the answer yet, I admitted it, looked into it, and returned the next meeting with an explanation. It kept me intellectually honest and trained me to research quickly and communicate clearly.

Alongside this, I strengthened my footing in the legal field as a legal assistant. Most of my work involved drafting documents, summarizing cases, and conducting research. I prefer simple English over unnecessary legalese and I find that law becomes far more impressive when it is comprehensible. My years in the classroom taught me the value of making complex ideas digestible without reducing them to fluff, and I carried that principle into legal writing.

As for work habits, I am essentially organized chaos personified. I often look scattered at first glance, yet somehow everything falls into place exactly when it needs to. I work best under pressure, with stress activating my brain in ways caffeine never could. I am naturally curious, and I enjoy digging deeper when something does not make immediate sense, which makes research-heavy roles strangely enjoyable for me.