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In addition to working as a general practice lawyer in a small town, IU McKinney’s Noah Joseph served with the Peace Corps, worked at an after-school program in order to give teaching a try, worked as a recruiter for an accounting firm, and even tended bar.

A fairly disparate list of jobs, what they have in common is the opportunity to build relationships. What Joseph says he enjoys most about the professional jobs he’s held is the ability to make a difference in people’s lives.

Joseph is associate director for graduate admissions at IU McKinney, and has the opportunity to make a difference for students every day. He's been in the role since June 2012, and his responsibilities include recruitment and admissions for the LL.M and S.J.D. programs, assisting with student support and advising prospective students.

He’s studied abroad, at the University of Sussex in the UK during his undergraduate studies, and at Trinity College Dublin during law school, which gives him something in common with IU McKinney’s international S.J.D. and LL.M. students.

The Hamilton, Ohio, native completed his undergraduate studies at Miami University, where he studied diplomacy and foreign affairs with a minor in history. Joseph said he always had his eye on law school.

“I just needed to get out and get some experience before being ready for the challenge,” Joseph said.

During that time in between academic degrees, Joseph moved to London, where he worked in a pub in the financial district. “I lived above it and worked there for a summer,” Joseph said. “Because it was in the financial district, it was closed on weekends. What a great job!” (Joseph is in the center back row in the photo above, with several graduate students at IU McKinney.)

He also lived in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a recruiter for the accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, for three years.

“The three years at Arthur Andersen were the most influential in my career; they really set the stage for everything after,” Joseph said. “Andersen was my first ‘real job,’ where I learned how to work in a team and to be a professional.  Even after everything that happened to Andersen, I am still very proud of my time there.”

After that, Joseph moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and worked for the University of Michigan before deciding it was time to go to law school.

Joseph received his law degree from the IU Maurer School of Law, where he was the executive editor of the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Treasurer for the Environmental Law Society, Regional Representative for the National Association of Environmental Law Societies, a Peer Group Advisor, and a Problem Editor on the Moot Court Board. 

Joseph worked as a lawyer in Manistee, Michigan, but learned that practicing law in his small town wasn’t for him.

“I still love the law,” he said. “I just love the theory of it.”

He completed the graduate teacher certification program at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. He decided to try teaching, and worked in an after-school program for almost a year before and after his Peace Corps service in Swaziland. That Peace Corps experience helped Joseph discover what he wanted to do.

“I found that I really enjoyed the one-on-one relationships that I could build,” he said. Joseph wanted to put that to use in higher education at a law school, and he joined IU McKinney to do just that.