Meghan Cooper ’98

Meghan Cooper ’98 had it in her mind that she wanted to help children with her law degree. She even worked cases for children while in law school under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Only one problem: “It turns out they don’t really pay you to do that.” Instead, Cooper signed on with Stringer & Rohelder, a small civil litigation firm in St. Paul, Minn. Cooper took up insurance defense cases—which she says she loves—but continues to do pro bono work for the Children’s Law Center, defending “CHIPS,” or “child in need of protective services.” On Feb. 8, 2009, she and husband Ian O’Brien ’99 (left) had a child of their own, daughter Keira Rose Cooper-O’Brien.