[1] He was admitted to the bar in January 1755, and entered private practice in Milford from 1755 to 1757.

[1][3] In October 1786, Law presided over the trial of twelve-year-old Hannah Ocuish, a half-Pequot Native American girl, for the murder of six-year-old Eunice Bolles.

[4] Upon the conclusion of the trial, Law sentenced the young girl to death on October 16, 1786.

[4] Ocuish was hanged for the crime on December 20, 1786, three months shy of her thirteenth birthday.

[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission the same day.