Jae Wakeling is a first-year student at Loyola Law School — she works full-time as a paralegal while attending Loyola’s hybrid evening program.
Hello Reader! I’m Jae Wakeling, a 1E in the Loyola Law School Hybrid Evening Program.
A little background about me – I grew up in Santa Clarita and went to UC Berkeley for undergrad. I graduated in 2021 with a BA in Economics and a minor in Public Policy.
After graduation, I moved to Fort Drum, NY to be with my now-husband and I lived there for nearly five years. My first job out of college was as a profitability analyst for a foodservice company (think – a company that sells food and supplies to restaurants). I left that after a year to become a paralegal and fell in love with it. I’ve been a civil litigation paralegal for over three years now, and have worked all types of cases from car accidents to complex Constitution violation claims. I am also an Army Reservist, and have been since 2023. In 2024, my husband and I moved back to Southern California and I started preparing and applying to law schools.
I chose Loyola Law School because it offered the best part-time program that would allow me to continue to work while studying to become an attorney. The hybrid program gives me financial and time flexibility while still being a super rigorous program.
After law school, my dream job is to clerk and eventually I hope to become a litigator, but I am still deciding between civil and criminal law.
Last month, all of my free time (and some of the time I probably should have been outlining) was devoted to watching the Dodgers. However, now that I’ve been left bereft due to the off-season, I am watching movies, hanging with my dog Rain, or baking.
TOPICS: 1E, Hybrid JD