preLaw Magazine - Winter 2008 - (Page 25) W hether he wants to schedule a breakfast meeting or a late-night telephone conference, part-time law student Eric Rosenberg knows he can reach his school’s career services department at virtually any time. That flexibility in accessing the administration at Wayne State University is one of the primary reasons the 42-year-old mortgage-company executive chose the part-time program at the Detroit-based law school. “Our assistant dean for career services (Krystal Gardner) has night hours,” Rosenberg said. “You can walk in during the evening and know she’s there. She came in once at 7:30 a.m. to talk to me because I had to go to work afterward. She’s been very accommodating.” Like many who initially pursued other career paths, Rosenberg had long dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Fulfilling that dream was only possible because law schools such as Wayne State offer part-timers programs and the flexibility to make life and law school work. For most law schools, a part-time curriculum is one way to help non-traditional students complete a legal education. Participants vary from working professionals to people in the midst of a career change to stay-at-home parents looking to get back into the workforce. These students say that part-time law school is an ideal way to attain a J.D. in a more reasonable time frame and with less financial impact. W Winter 2008 25
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