Atticus Finch, the Son of Attorneys, Is a First-Year Law Student
A Broadway sequel perhaps? Atticus Finch was captivated by "To Kill a Mockingbird" at age 7 and so he changed his name with the approval of his parents who are attorneys.
August 23, 2019 at 04:21 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Years before he decided to study law, Atticus Finch had the name for it.
Finch, a first-year student at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, is truly named Atticus Finch, after the lawyer in Harper Lee's bestseller "To Kill a Mockingbird." With his parents' approval, Finch went to court at age 8 to change his given name of Angus Finch to Atticus Finch.
Finch, a recent graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos, said he read the novel at age 7, which turned out to be a fortuitous decision because he had issues with his given name of Angus.
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