Law School

It's official. I scored well enough on the LSAT and was accepted into Cooley Law School this weekend. I spoke with my adviser today and will begin on May 5. I will be taking Torts I, Contracts I and Intro. to Law during the first trimester. If all goes well It should take me 4 years. It could be as quick as 3 but with working full-time as well as being a husband and father I chose the 4 year schedule and might even extend it to 5.

I have had the desire to obtain a terminal degree for several years now. The two subjects that I have been interested in are the law and New Testament theology. I was going to have to go back and get an M.Div before I could begin a PhD program in Theology and it would have required me being away from my family too often...Cooley Law School is right around the corner and has a great reputation...recently voted the 16th best law school in the country, so law school it is!

I am going in with no expectations. I have been told that it's the hardest thing I will ever do (sometimes requiring 700-1000 pages of reading per week and 20 hours of studying outside of class time) and I plan on taking it one day at a time never forgetting that my family and my job at Rochester College are my top priorities.