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Coolidge attended Black River Academy and then Amherst College, where he joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

At his father's urging, Coolidge moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, after graduating to take up the practice of law.

Avoiding the costly alternative of attending a law school, Coolidge followed the more common practice of the time, apprenticing with a local law firm, Hammond & Field, and reading law with them.

John C. Hammond and Henry P. Field, both Amherst graduates, introduced Coolidge to the law practice in the county seat of Hampshire County.

In 1897, Coolidge was admitted to the bar, becoming a country lawyer