Full-Time Employee + Full-Time Law Student = INSANITY?

By Shunta Tidwell, National Web Content Specialist

How do you survive? How have you not had a heart attack and died? Law school by itself is no joke. Being a full-time employee while being a full-time law student is just plain crazy. Why do you do that to yourself?

These are just a few questions I hear on a regular basis regarding my current life choice. I attend the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Tampa Bay campus where I am finishing my second year. I have read more cases and written more briefs than you could possibly imagine. I have been victim and survived the infamous socratic method with finesse. I have participated in Moot Court and counseling competitions winning them. I have been active member of several organizations on campus. Black Law Students Association, Student Bar Association, and Military Veterans Law Student Association just to name a few. I also work 40 hours at a prominent law firm in Tampa, FL sometimes even completing some overtime.

How do I do this? Continue reading