After three years at Samford, he received a scholarship to Tulane University Law School, and received his J.D. from Tulane in 1960 without having received an undergraduate degree (Samford awarded him a bachelor's degree in 2006).
After three years at Samford, he received a scholarship to Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. There he received his J.D. in 1960 without having received an undergraduate degree (Samford awarded him a bachelor's degree in 2006).