Complex sentence: After leaving Cumberland, Combs worked as a clerk for the state highway department for three years in order to earn enough money to attend the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was managing editor of the "Kentucky Law Journal".
Split into simpler sentences: After leaving Cumberland, Combs worked as a clerk for the state highway department for three years in order to earn enough money to attend law school. He then matriculated to the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was managing editor of the "Kentucky Law Journal".