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He resigned from the Army to attend [[Yale University]] Law School in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], but left Yale for his father's alma mater, the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] so that he could take courses needed for admission to the Louisiana bar. He then returned to Yale for his third and final year of law school and procured the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1932.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/8366/|title=Whitfield Jack (Class of 1928)|publisher=[[United States Military Academy]]|location=West Point, [[New York]]|date=October 30, 1989|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
He resigned from the Army to attend [[Yale University]] Law School in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], but left Yale for his father's alma mater, the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] so that he could take courses needed for admission to the Louisiana bar. He then returned to Yale for his third and final year of law school and procured the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1932.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/8366/|title=Whitfield Jack (Class of 1928)|publisher=[[United States Military Academy]]|location=West Point, [[New York]]|date=October 30, 1989|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
==Career==
==Legal and military career==
Admitted to the bar by the Louisiana Supreme Court, Jack practiced from 1932 until his legal retirement in 1979. During his early years, his brother, Wellborn Jack, was his law partner. His last legal partnership was Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant, and Lesage; the latter partner, Joseph Carnahan "Joe" LeSage, Jr. (1928-2015), was a one-term member of the state Senate from 1968 to 1972.<ref name=bio/>
Admitted to the bar by the Louisiana Supreme Court, Jack practiced from 1932 until his legal retirement in 1979. During his early years, his brother, Wellborn Jack, was his law partner. His last legal partnership was Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant, and Lesage; the latter partner, Joseph Carnahan "Joe" LeSage, Jr. (1928-2015), was a one-term member of the state Senate from 1968 to 1972.<ref name=bio/>