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Re:Homeless Lawyer Secretly Lived in Public Defender’s Offic... by MichaelCrawford on Thursday May 14, 2015 @08:10AM (#9544600)
Go read a legal textbook - as opposed to legislation or a contract.

They're really quite easy to understand in contrast to computer science or physics texts. I read them for fun.

Judicial opinions are commonly easy to read, especially supreme court opinions.

My point is that maybe it's not so hard to pass the bar.

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Re:Homeless Lawyer Secretly Lived in Public Defender’s Offic... by def_illiterate on Thursday May 14, 2015 @10:26AM (#9545322)
It's really not. People used to pass the bar without ever going to a law school.

The entire profession has been captured by educational institutions. It's a posterchild for what tech should not allow itself to become.

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Re:Homeless Lawyer Secretly Lived in Public Defender’s Offic... by cafard on Thursday May 14, 2015 @11:39AM (#9545757)
It is still possible, here and there to "read law" to qualify oneself to take the bar examination. It is definitely rare these days.
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Re:Homeless Lawyer Secretly Lived in Public Defender’s Offic... by MichaelCrawford on Friday May 15, 2015 @01:16PM (#9552043)
Caryl Chessman - The Birdman - passed the bar after reading the law in Alcatraz.

I've met some attorneys that I don't regard as being very bright. I don't think that's ever been the case for anyone I've ever met with a graduate physics degree.

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