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Sushi
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Location: North Korea
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 Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: Lawyer's Bar exam for any state in the U.S. |
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Anyone familiar with the exam, and what it it does for a lawyer who has passed it.
I know the character in "Catch Me If You Can" studied for it, and passed it with no legal experience whatsoever.
In the real world though does it enable one to make more money or what. Are there lawyers who after passing the exam thumb their nose at the law, and do something entirely different. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Each state has its own bar, which administers the exam to lawyers wanting to practice law there. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Lawyer's Bar exam for any state in the U.S. |
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| Sushi wrote: |
Anyone familiar with the exam, and what it it does for a lawyer who has passed it.
I know the character in "Catch Me If You Can" studied for it, and passed it with no legal experience whatsoever.
In the real world though does it enable one to make more money or what. Are there lawyers who after passing the exam thumb their nose at the law, and do something entirely different. |
I believe most states, save for California and one or two others, require you first have a law degree (LLB? JD?) from an accredited university. Very hard to do a Lincoln and just home study in a log cabin and then write the bar and be a lawyer. |
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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Most jurisdictions require a majority approval by a board of examiners who must agree that the applicant is qualified to practice law. Passing the BAR along with a earning a doctorate in jurisprudence from an accredited law school, would usually provide enough evidence that the applicant is qualified to practice law.
You can take the patent BAR exam in the U.S. without having a formal education in law, if you wanted to practice patent law, however the requirements are having a bachelors degree in a specified subject (science, engineering, etc.). |
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