Kathleen W. Hearn graduated from Kent School in 2006 and was awarded the Thomas L. Andrews Memorial Prize in Theater. She graduated from Wofford College with a B.A. in Theater where she was awarded the James R. Gross Award for academic achievement in her major.
Kathleen earned her J.D. from the Charleston School of Law in 2014 and received a Cali Award for Workers' Compensation. During her time at the Charleston School of Law, Kathleen was a member of Women in Law and served as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee.
Kathleen was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2015 and served as a law clerk to the Honorable William H. Seals, Jr. of the South Carolina Circuit Court. She presently sits on the Chief Justice's Commission on the Profession.