Who Needs Law School? One Man Tries Different Route to Bar Exam
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Who Needs Law School? One Man Tries Different Route to Bar Exam
A former prisoner in Indiana is suing the state to be allowed to take the bar without going to law school.
In this day and age, there’s pretty much one path to becoming a lawyer and it goes something like this: college, LSAT, law school, bar exam, lawyer. A handful of states allow an aspirant to bypass law school by apprenticing with an active lawyer or judge, but for the most part, if you wanna be the next David Boies, you’ve pretty much got to go the law-school route. Is this fair? An Indiana man doesn’t think so. Clarence K. Carter is a former Indiana prisoner and aspiring lawyer who wants to become a lawyer without going to law school, which is required by Indiana law. So Carter is doing what you might imagine: he’s suing Indiana, claiming the law requiring law-school graduation is unconstitutional. More... |
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