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Father, Son Graduate Law School Together

Posted May 16, 2008, 05:59 am CDT
By Molly McDonough

Utah's Tom and Ryan McLelland, father and son, are set to open up their own law practice. At first blush, it's a common story: Son aspires to be a lawyer, just like dad, maybe attends father's alma mater, graduates from law school and joins father to carry on the family tradition.

But in this case, the McLellands skipped that following-in-father's-footsteps part and went to law school together. The two graduated last week from Ohio Northern University, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Tom McLelland, who holds a masters in public administration from the University of Utah, told the paper that he and his son had talked about law school for about five years and finally took the… Continue reading...

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