<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/student-stories-jourdan-wallace.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>11/24/2025</pubDate><title>Law student finds her 'why' in estate planning</title><description>Jourdan Wallace had always envisioned law school as part of her plan, but being sent home during the COVID-19 pandemic helped her redefine her ‘why’—the reason she was pursuing a law degree. </description><author>Student Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/jourdan-wallace-feature.jpg" alt="Jourdan Wallace sits in the atrium of the Law Center, framed around the orange chairs."/></image><image-cap/><quote>It’s not hard to find someone that you relate to, because this is a place where you are encouraged and supported to be the best you.</quote><quote-name>Jourdan Wallace</quote-name><quote-info>law student</quote-info><tags><tag>Law</tag><tag>School of Law</tag><tag>Student Stories</tag></tags></item>