Can I become a good lawyer while keeping a job?
But you have to live close to a law school that offers classes geared toward working people. I’m retired from practicing law now. But I went all through school, both college and law school, while working full-time. I attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. They have a philosophy that is a little different than that of other law schools. The Law School was started by an ex Michigan Supreme Court Justice. I believe it is now the largest law school in the country. Cooley was for people who were working and might not otherwise be able to attend law school. They would take people who scored a little lower on the LSAT than other schools would take. Typically the average age of the students would be a little higher than that of other law schools. When I was going, they had 3 specific class structures each day. There were morning classes, afternoon classes and evening classes. You could take all of your classes in any one of those 3 time frames. I usually took classes in the
