Charles Cooper, an attorney and university administrator, is founder of nontradlaw.net, the primary website for nontraditional law students. Cooper is author of Later-in-Life Lawyers: Tips for the Non-Traditional Law Student.

Thane Messinger is a legal educator and attorney, graduate of Texas State (MBA), the University of Texas Law School (where he was a Texas Law Review editor), and Harvard University. Messinger is author of The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book: A Survival Guide, now in its seventeenth year and second edition and acclaimed by multiple American Bar Association publications and numerous state bar journals; and Law School: Getting In, Getting Good, Getting the Gold, a comprehensive guide to law school.