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This episode, host Luke Dietterle speaks with Hillary Green, an immigration paralegal with Lathrop GPM in Kansas City, and Matt Pezold, field specialist in labor and workforce development. Hillary Green describes her experience as a law student balancing full-time work and responsibilities with her studies, and the way that MU Extension’s Labor Studies Certificate program provided courses that fit her needs. Matt Pezold explains how he works as one of the program’s instructors to shape these courses for the varied backgrounds of his students, and how the program evolves with the needs of current leaders. 

MU Extension podcasts: https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/podcasts 

Labor Studies Certificate Program: https://www.umsl.edu/political-science/labor-studies/index.html 

Labor and Workforce Development: https://extension.missouri.edu/counties/urban-west-region/labor-and-workforce-development