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Alumnus Earns Law Degree

Jodi Amatulli
Will Carpenter, Class of 2008, recently earned his law degree from Washington & Lee in Lexington, Va. Will shared his recent Facebook message with the Hamden Hall community. “The past three years have been the most professionally and personally rewarding years of my life. I’ve earned a MBA, a J.D., an instrument rating (for you pilot folk out there), been blessed with a beautiful little girl, Piper, and made lifelong friends at W&L. This journey would have been impossible without the unending love and support of both my parents and in-laws. Thank you. A special thanks goes to the woman who provided unconditional love and support throughout this adventure. You truly make me a better person and now you make me a better father. I love you Marcy Marie. I still don’t know where we will go next (the Army won’t tell me, lol), but I know that wherever we go, it’ll be with my little girl on my shoulders and my true love by my side.” Prior to W&L, Will graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science in American Law in 2012. After West Point, Will went to the Air Defense Artillery Basic Course at Fort Sill, Okla., which he completed as an honor graduate in December 2012. After the basic course, Will was assigned to a Patriot Missile Battalion in Germany, where he worked from January 2013 to June 2016. While in Germany, Will began his assignment as a platoon leader in one of the four firing batteries and completed his 3-and-a-half year assignment as a senior patriot missile tactician in the battalion. While working in Europe, Will applied to the Army's Funded Legal Education program, which sends 25 officers a year to law school for three years. In return, each officer must serve an additional six years as a judge advocate.
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