Carolyn M. Schweizer graduated from Ursinus College in 2000 with a B.S. in Biology (Minor in Sociology).  Following graduation, she was employed by Merck & Co., Inc. as a Health Physicist.

In 2002, she returned to the academic world and enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  While in law school, she served as a Student Member of the Pittsburgh Journal of Technology, Law and Policy, Judicial Appellate Coordinator for the Moot Court Competition, and President of the Student Bar Association.

After graduating from law school in May of 2005, Ms. Schweizer clerked for the Honorable Carol L. Van Horn of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, 39th Judicial District (Franklin/Fulton County).  Upon completion of this clerkship, she joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin as an associate in August 2006.