Doug Emhoff shared how his law school students reacted to having the second gentleman as their teacher

• Doug Emhoff is teaching at Georgetown Law School while serving as second gentleman.
• He worked as an entertainment lawyer before quitting to support Kamala Harris in the White House.
• He said it was "odd" for students to have him as their teacher at first, but they moved past it.

Doug Emhoff says his law school students found it "odd" that their professor is married to the vice president of the United States.

Emhoff worked as an entertainment lawyer for almost 30 years before quitting to support his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the White House as second gentleman. In between his official duties, he's also teaching a class in entertainment law at Georgetown Law School.

As reported by People magazine, Emhoff spoke about his career shift at an event promoting President Joe Biden's COVID-19 economic relief plan at Hook Hall in Washington, DC, on Monday.

"Look, it's odd the second gentleman is their teacher," he said. "But we kind of dispensed with that. It was maybe five minutes in the first class. Now, it's just they want to learn, they want to be great lawyers, and I'm trying to impart to them experiences as a lawyer."

Emhoff also said he discusses his work in the classroom with Harris over dinner.

"We [ask each other] at dinner, 'How was your day?' ... We talk about it," he said. "I talk about how it's going, how I'm trying to reach the students and how they're responding to me."

Though he misses his old law firm, he said he's happy to be supporting Harris in her groundbreaking role.

"I do miss it. I did it for 30 years, I thought I was good at it and successful, but what an opportunity, if I'm gonna leave to be able to be in this administration, and also to support my wife," he said. "I mean, she's the first female vice president. I'm so proud of her."