By: Laura Brent ’18, Staff Writer
After completing his degree in three years, senior Paul Markovits is set to further his education at Delaware Law School.
Markovits is a digital communications major and a law and society minor at LVC. He chose the pairing of the two because of his interest in intellectual property law.
“I realized how communications and the law could go hand in hand,” Markovits said. “People will always want to protect their trademarks, copyrights, and patents, all areas of the legal field of intellectual property that graphic designers, videographers and entrepreneurs value.”
After being accepted into a handful of law schools, which include Delaware Law School, Duquesne University School of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and Widener Law Commonwealth, Markovits has made a decision to attend Delaware Law School.
“I am very excited to be living in Wilmington while being taught by extremely successful professors,” Markovits said. “The students I have met so far are incredibly kind.”
When Markovits made a decision that he wanted to further his education after LVC, he knew that completing his undergraduate degree in three years would make reaching his end goal of law school come quicker.
“It was not necessarily difficult to complete my degree in three years. It just took determination, motivation, and diligence,” Markovits said. “During my summers, I was either taking over 15 credits, or completing an internship. I remember spending my vacations reading textbooks by the poolside. While this was not ideal, I continued to remind myself of the end goal I had in mind.”
In addition to completing his undergraduate in three years and preparing for law school, Markovits also founded his own graphic design company, Design Cache. Markovits works with multiple clients to complete graphic design and web design services.
“As a business owner, I, not only learned how to use my major and minor in the work setting, I also learned how to collaborate with other business owners, how to manage a budget, how to solve unfamiliar problems that do not arise in a classroom setting and how to stay positive when times get tough,” Markovits said.
With Markovits’ digital communications undergraduate degree, law minor and small business background, he is excited to pursue his graduate degree. After law school, Markovits hopes to work as an admiralty or intellectual property lawyer and also work part-time as a college professor. With an open mind, Markovits’ future appears bright.