{"id":2600,"date":"2018-10-16T21:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/criminal-justice-legal-studies\/?page_id=2600"},"modified":"2020-06-16T12:53:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:53:48","slug":"kevin-puckett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/criminal-justice-legal-studies\/kevin-puckett\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Puckett"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"1\" data-speed=\"10000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#f6f6f6 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>\u201cMissouri Western offers top-shelf education with professors that take the time to personally get to<br \/>\nknow their students&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Kevin Puckett<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>Major:<\/strong> Criminal Justice \u2013 Legal Studies concentration<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Cameron, MO<\/p>\n<p>As an aspiring lawyer, Kevin Puckett knew that Missouri Western was the right school for him. With an American Bar Association-approved Legal Studies program and an early-acceptance program into the UMKC School of Law, Missouri Western provided great opportunities close to home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMissouri Western offers top-shelf education with professors that take the time to personally get to know their students,\u201d said Kevin. The small student-faculty ratio at Missouri Western allows students to get individual attention, building connections and lifelong friendships.<\/p>\n<p>Since Kevin had taken so many college credit courses in high school through Missouri Western\u2019s dual credit program, he was able to complete his undergraduate degree in two years before heading to law school. \u201cI was able to finish law school before the age of 23. 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