Matthew Pepping

Matthew Pepping

Hometown:

Albuquerque, NM

Education:

  • J.D. Candidate, Notre Dame Law School, ‘08
  • B.A., Trinity University, Political Science and Business Administration (’05)

Work Experience Prior to coming to NDLS:

  • Construction worker
  • Goalkeeper coach for Trinity University Men’s Soccer
  • Office aide, Honorable Judge Orlando Garcia (W.D. Tex.)
  • Intern, New Mexico District Attorney’s Office

Extracurriculars:

  • Journal of College and University Law, Editor in Chief
  • Assistant Rector, Sorin College
  • Intramural Soccer and Basketball
  • BAR/BRI Student Representative
  • Frequent trips to Chicago to visit my fiancé.

Summer Employment:

  • Summer Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
  • Intern for the Honorable Judge James Parker (D.N.M.)

Future Plans:

Upon graduation, I am going to San Antonio, TX. My fiancé and I are getting married in August. In September I will start working as an associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.

How NDLS has influenced me:

“Notre Dame Law School provides much more than an excellent legal education—it provides a home. Rooted in its Catholic character, modeled by its faculty and staff, and experienced by its students, the sense of community is second to none. I am fortunate to be surrounded by intelligent, hard-working, and compassionate people. There is a sense of purpose shared by the students, faculty, and staff, and my experience has been invaluable. My classmates and professors push me not only to be a better lawyer, but a better person.”