He then studied law; he was admitted to the bar in 1875, and he commenced practice in Salt Lake City.

However, when the elder Rawlins did succumb to the wishes of the authorities, his son began questioning the principles and practices of the Latter-day Saints.

By the time Rawlins returned to Utah after his first year at college, he was well on the way toward apostasy in his views, and by the time he became Salt Lake's city attorney, he considered himself no longer a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[3] Afterwards, Rawlins continued the practice of law in Utah in partnership with Edgar A. Wedgwood and Samuel R.

[4] In 1921, he withdrew from public life and active business, and he died in Salt Lake City.