As Harvard Law School graduate Elle Woods famously said, "We did it!" And in the case of Bridgit Mendler , she did it and so much more: The Good Luck Charlie alum has officially graduated with her law degree from Harvard. In a video shared to social media May 23 , the 31-year-old could be seen walking across the stage to collect her diploma and shake hands with the Harvard faculty. But Bridgit wasn't up there alone, as she was joined by her 4-year-old son—who she adopted in 2022—with the duo pausing to pose for a quick photo before walking off stage.
The "Ready or Not" singer surprised fans earlier this year when she revealed she'd not only adopted her son, but that she'd also said goodbye to Hollywood, instead launching her own tech startup with husband Griffin Cleverly . And proving she can do it all, Bridgit shared she simultaneously was on her way to getting both a law degree from Harvard and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. However, she later had to press pause on the PhD .
"The PhD is something I started working towards in 2020," she explained in a March post on X , "and I pursued it jointly with my law degree but when I moved to California last summer and decided that for family reasons we would stay on the west coast, it had to go on pause." The Disney Channel alum explained that completing her degree is now "up to the administration and my principal investigator and what they think is appropriate." But Bridgit understands that, as a parent, s.
