Law grad starts career with Public Defender’s office
Published: July 10, 2026
When Toren Chenault stepped inside a courtroom at the age of 10, he was terrified.
“Not because anything was happening to me or anything, I just hated how much I didn’t understand about court and the law,” he says. “As I got older, I wanted to understand what the law actually was and what it wasn’t.”
“Not because anything was happening to me or anything, I just hated how much I didn’t understand about court and the law,” he says. “As I got older, I wanted to understand what the law actually was and what it wasn’t.”
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