He is a director of the Amarillo Area Bar Foundation, a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and a member of the State Bar of Texas, 5th Federal Circuit Bar Association and Amarillo Area Bar Association. He is also a member of the Canyon Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation and a member of the Amarillo College Paralegal Studies Advisory Committee. Schaap received a bachelor�s degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and a law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law.