Game-Changer: How Bloomfield Helped Turn a Love of Video Games into a Law Career

June 11, 2026 - 23:10

Ciara Donaldson, a 2024 graduate, never imagined that her love for video games would lead her to a career in law. But through a combination of hands-on experience and strong mentorship at Bloomfield, she found a way to merge her two passions into a unique professional path.

Donaldson originally enrolled to study game design and programming. She spent hours learning the mechanics of building worlds and coding characters. However, it was the unexpected guidance from faculty and the tight-knit campus community that opened her eyes to the legal side of the industry. She realized that the games she loved were built on a foundation of contracts, intellectual property rights, and regulatory frameworks.

Bloomfield provided her with real-world opportunities to explore this intersection. She took on projects that examined the legal challenges facing game developers, from copyright disputes to player privacy. Mentors helped her connect the dots between code and courtroom, showing her how lawyers protect the creative work she once focused on building.

Today, Donaldson is pursuing a career in video game law, a field that blends her technical knowledge with her new legal skills. She credits Bloomfield for giving her the confidence to pivot from programming to advocacy. For her, the journey from gamer to guardian of the game industry was not a straight line, but it was the right one.