In 2004, Edwards accompanied her father on the campaign trail and campaigned on his behalf while he pursued the Democratic presidential nomination, a venture that ultimately proved to be unsuccessful.

After the presidential election, she lived in New York City and worked as an Editorial Assistant for Vanity Fair.
While in New York, she and co-worker Jessica Flint founded an online Rolodex called UrbanistaOnline to help young newcomers settle into New York.
In 2004, she also became a member of the Board of Directors of the youth voter initiative, Generation Engage, and is an active voice in youth politics.
She was an active campaigner during her father's 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
 In the fall of 2012, she returned to the college campus of Winthrop University, where she spoke to students about the importance of voting and the necessity of refusing to be bystander in our democracy.

Edwards entered Harvard Law School in the Fall 2006.
In the summer after her first year in law school, she worked as intern to Nina Totenberg at NPR.
 In fall 2007, she became a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
Edwards graduated from Harvard Law in 2009.
 She then moved to Washington, D.C. and served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of Eastern District of Virginia before joining a civil rights law firm in Washington, D.C. She temporarily left the practice of law in May 2011, after the death of her mother, Elizabeth, to start a foundation in her mother's honor.
 She returned to the practice of law in mid-2012 and is now a Partner at Edwards Kirby, the law firm of her father and attorneys, David Kirby and William Bystrynski.
In 2004, Edwards accompanied her father on the campaign trail and campaigned on his behalf while he pursued the Democratic presidential nomination, a venture that ultimately proved to be unsuccessful.
After the presidential election, she lived in New York City and worked as an Editorial Assistant for Vanity Fair. While in New York, she and co-worker Jessica Flint founded an online Rolodex called UrbanistaOnline to help young newcomers settle into New York. In 2004, she also became a member of the Board of Directors of the youth voter initiative, Generation Engage, and is an active voice in youth politics. She was an active campaigner during her father's 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.  In the fall of 2012, she returned to the college campus of Winthrop University, where she spoke to students about the importance of voting and the necessity of refusing to be bystander in our democracy.
Edwards entered Harvard Law School in the Fall 2006. In the summer after her first year in law school, she worked as intern to Nina Totenberg at NPR.  In fall 2007, she became a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Edwards graduated from Harvard Law in 2009.  She then moved to Washington, D.C. and served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of Eastern District of Virginia before joining a civil rights law firm in Washington, D.C. She temporarily left the practice of law in May 2011, after the death of her mother, Elizabeth, to start a foundation in her mother's honor.  She returned to the practice of law in mid-2012 and is now a Partner at Edwards Kirby, the law firm of her father and attorneys, David Kirby and William Bystrynski.
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