Teacher or Lawyer? How about doing both?

In light of the recent terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, the prospect of flying back to Michigan every week in the fall to teach looms unpleasant for this Law Professor.

Is it possible to combine the love of teaching with the love for the law? Yes, for Danielle Colyer.
The current ABA Journal eReport details the story of a "burnt-out" teacher who started her own solo practice. And she is quite successful, too.

Danielle Colyer went to law school, she says, because she burned out trying to teach uninterested students. Ms. Colyer teaches at Jones College Prep, a magnet high school in Chica­go’s South Loop neighborhood. She is also the single mom of a grade schooler and runs a busy real estate law practice from her home office.

Her story intrigues me.

FROM THE JULY ABA JOURNAL
Her Homework: Law Practice
After a busy day in the classroom, this teacher gets her solo practice going

By Margaret Graham Tebo

Thank you for the inspiration, Ms. Coyler.
Read the article in the July Edition of the ABA Journal eReport.

http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/jn29solo.html

Strong women ccontinue to inspire.