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Thursday 26 May 2011

Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement

Formal requirements to become a lawyer usually include a 4-year college degree, 3 years of law school, and passing a written bar examination; however, some requirements vary by State. Competition for admission to most law schools is intense. Federal courts and agencies set their own qualifications for those practicing before or in them.

Education and training
. Becoming a lawyer usually takes 7 years of full-time study after high school—4 years of undergraduate study, followed by 3 years of law school. Law school applicants must have a bachelor’s degree to qualify for admission. To meet the needs of students who can attend only part time, a number of law schools have night or part-time divisions.

"Make crime pay. Become a lawyer."
-Will Rogers 

27 comments:

  1. I could not stand to be in education that long. Though perhaps if you're really interested in the subject it wouldn't be quite as bad. Also; I imagine it's structured a bit differently from standard education.

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  2. A lot of schooling, but I'm sure the paycheck makes it worth it.

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  3. can you register for law school with any type of bachelor's?

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  4. Thats a whole lot of schooling! lol.

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  5. "Make crime pay. Become a lawyer."
    -Will Rogers

    Good but a long period of training.

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  6. Takes longer than becoming a doctor?

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  7. ah legal crime, the best crime

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  8. Ok I take back all my lawyer jokes, that's a lot of work.

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  9. i couldnt stand to be a lawyer, too much book work for me

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  10. That quote has soo many meanings XD

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  11. Priests have as much schooling but screw less of the population in the end.

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  12. Dedication, it's the reason they earn well, yeh?

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  13. hnnnng, i don't think i could go through 7 years of school :(

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  14. hhahaha Make Crime pay. Interesting quote.

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  15. 7 years? It sounds much more appealing to become a normal police officer now :) Will have to see where I end up, I might not be able to become one as I'm color blind

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  16. that quote really summarises what it is to go down this professional route

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  17. I can easily see that become 10 years because of the way colleges tend to screw over students these days with the glut of gen ed requirements.

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  18. that's a lot, and it's probably a lot more if you consider the time it takes to get to the top

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  19. Isn't it California that doesn't have a BAR? Wherever it is, why would anyone get their degree anywhere but there?

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  20. Wow, that's a lot of fulltime school. I guess you end up making a lot of money though.

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  21. quote dosnt fit the the post...
    um, yea! A few of my friends are studyin glaw... they work too much and hardly have free tima nay more^^

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