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Re:Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases by thaumasiotes on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:38PM (#30402005)
That does not appear to be correct. You can see the requirements to be admitted to the California Bar here: https://www.calbar.ca.gov/admissions/requirements

Note in particular the education requirement:

> Here are all the options:

> - Three or four years of study at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association

> - Four years of study at a State Bar-registered, fixed-facility law school

> - Four years of study with a minimum of 864 hours of preparation at a registered unaccredited distance-learning or correspondence law school

> - Four years of study under the supervision of a state judge or attorney

> - A combination of these programs

If all you've done is pass the bar exam, you can go to hell. It may not even be possible; the requirements for the California exam are behind a login wall, but other states have restricted eligibility to take the exam based on the testee's education. I assume they didn't want to be embarrassed by having the wrong sort of person pass the bar.

Re:Show HN: Full text search on 630M US court cases by dgfitz on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:50AM (#30467218)
I stand corrected.