Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick is a full-time Associate Professor at WMU-Cooley Law School. She teaches Criminal Law and Constitutional Law and assists graduates with bar exam preparation. She is the faculty advisor for the American Constitution Society Cooley Law Student Chapter and the Federal Bar Association, Cooley Law School Student Division for the Florida campus. Previous to working for two U.S. District Court Judges, Professor Hardrick was a litigation associate at a large law firm in Tampa. She was designated a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine in both 2013 and 2016. She is also a graduate of the Hillsborough County Bar Association Bar Leadership Institute.
She is the founder and director of Diversity Access Pipeline. Inc., a nonprofit organization that runs the Journey to Esquire® Scholarship & Leadership Program, Blog, and Podcast to promote diversity and create access for law students. The program provides training, mentors, emotional support, and cash scholarships to law students from diverse backgrounds. Journey to Esquire’s mission is to create lawyers, who lead, mentor, and inspire, one student at a time. Professor Hardrick received The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division 2019 Diversity Award and the Delano Stewart Award for Diversity from the George Edgecomb Bar Association for her work with Journey to Esquire.
Professor Hardrick has worked as an exam reader for the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, and a Guardian ad Litem for Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit. She served as a board member for Solita’s House Inc., an organization offering first-time homebuyer education classes. She is also a former board member and a current sustaining member of the George Edgecomb Bar Association, the Diversity and Inclusion Chair for the Federal Bar Association Tampa Bay Chapter and Diversity and Inclusion Chair for the Tampa Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society.
She enjoys writing children's books, mentoring law students, and in her spare time she paints and goes to the beach.
She is the founder and director of Diversity Access Pipeline. Inc., a nonprofit organization that runs the Journey to Esquire® Scholarship & Leadership Program, Blog, and Podcast to promote diversity and create access for law students. The program provides training, mentors, emotional support, and cash scholarships to law students from diverse backgrounds. Journey to Esquire’s mission is to create lawyers, who lead, mentor, and inspire, one student at a time. Professor Hardrick received The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division 2019 Diversity Award and the Delano Stewart Award for Diversity from the George Edgecomb Bar Association for her work with Journey to Esquire.
Professor Hardrick has worked as an exam reader for the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, and a Guardian ad Litem for Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit. She served as a board member for Solita’s House Inc., an organization offering first-time homebuyer education classes. She is also a former board member and a current sustaining member of the George Edgecomb Bar Association, the Diversity and Inclusion Chair for the Federal Bar Association Tampa Bay Chapter and Diversity and Inclusion Chair for the Tampa Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society.
She enjoys writing children's books, mentoring law students, and in her spare time she paints and goes to the beach.
Why I became a Children's Book Author
ABout Me
I love reading children’s books. When I taught elementary school many years ago, my favorite part of the day was reading to the kids. Now that I have my own son, I have read many more books and have been inspired to write my own. My son was not impressed with the first one I wrote, so I kept trying until he laughed aloud while I read it. So began my journey as an author.
Now I write to celebrate creativity, encourage mindfulness, and promote diversity.
I hope you enjoy reading my books to your little ones as much as I've enjoyed writing them.
I’d love your feedback: info@joselinehardrick.com.
Now I write to celebrate creativity, encourage mindfulness, and promote diversity.
I hope you enjoy reading my books to your little ones as much as I've enjoyed writing them.
I’d love your feedback: info@joselinehardrick.com.
My Projects and Companies
I have two companies I currently operate, Twelve:Two Training, LLC, a consulting and publishing company through which I self-publish my books and Diversity Access Pipeline, Inc., a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization, that runs the Journey to Esquire: Scholarship & Leadership Development Program for future lawyers.Visit www.JourneytoEsquire.com for more information. Both companies have podcasts: Breathe Like A Butterfly, a kid-friendly podcast for mediation and mindfulness and Journey to Esquire: The Podcast a resource for students of all ages interested in a career as a lawyer.