Re:Top lawyers beaten by legal AI
by HunterWare on Friday October 26, 2018 @12:00PM
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He's not saying it's impossible. He's saying the number of people doing it is so small as to be irrelevant to general arguments. While a much larger percentage (relatively) of people may have used this path ("reading into the law") a hundred years ago, it has largely faded from relevance in modern times.
In California, at least, that is still the only way become a lawyer without a law degree (called the "Law Office Study Program"). If you forgo law school, you are required to do an apprenticeship in a practicing attorney's office for 4 continuous years (18 hours/week, 48 weeks/year), along with taking various exams and reporting your study progress.
Details here: https://california.lawi.us/law-office-study-program/
California Bar (Section 4.29): https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/rules/Rules_Ti...