Hello!  I am Kerin Coughlin, the instructor of this course!  I teach in City Tech’s Law and Paralegal Studies department because I love the law, and I love teaching!  Many moons ago, I was a junior high school Social Studies teacher, then I became a lawyer, and I practiced law full-time for about twelve years.  During most of that time, I was a commercial litigator, which means I represented people and companies that were either suing companies, or getting sued.  While I was practicing full-time, I started teaching law part-time, and I really liked it, so I decided to switch it up.  This is my ninth year teaching full-time here at City Tech, and I love it!  My favorite part of teaching is working with students.  You’re all awesome!

Something I want you to know about me is that I had a rough summer.  🙁  First, in late April, I broke my leg, which required surgery and a looooooooong recovery period.  I missed the end of the semester, then I wasn’t able to walk for most of the summer.  But I worked hard at physical therapy, and now I’m OK!  Second, my cat died in mid-August.  🙁  I really loved him, his name was Darryl and he was only ten years old.  His photo is below.  He had kidney disease which we treated for a long time, but in the end, it was too much for him.  I had him euthanized.  I really miss him a lot.

But now I’m confident this school year is going to be GREAT — I will make sure it is, to make up for the summer I had!  I hope each of you has a great year too.  I really look forward to working with all of you!

Cheers!!

KC