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Re: Distance JD - Then Taking the Bar
Posted by Ghostman on 9/06/08
On 9/06/08, -- wrote:
> On 9/05/08, Your State Bar and only your State Bar has the rules
wrote:
...
>
> Actually, CA has a lot of non-ABA graduates who practice. My cousin
is
> a judge in Fresno CA. She graduated from San Joaquin College of Law
> (non-ABA). Over 25 percent of practicing lawyers in Central CA are
non-
> ABA graduates. Well like you said:
>
> "Who in their right mind would
> come here to this site and rely
> on someone's story or hearsay
> information about bar admission
> in a particular state? lol"
>
I suppose if we were to actually look at the question, before adding our
own facts to the original inquiry, we should make the distinction of
practice vs. admission.
For those who come to this site asking about admission be careful in
just looking at the surface (think lawyerly... how many times have some
of us heard that phrase???) and form your question properly. As each
state has essentially their own rules in governing admission - most of
which are based on the ABA's standards - so goes each state's right to
govern practice.
Remember... ADMISSION AND PRACTICE ARE FOR THE MOST PART MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE. I say for the most part, because one can 'practice' in some
limited ways and NOT be admitted in a particular state. The most common
example being In-House Counsel.
As those of you who wonder about DL schools and especially CA admission
take into account the type of "practice" you're interested in. If you
want to hang out a shingle and drum up business you absolutely better
have "full" admission in the state you're interested in. If, on the
other hand, you wish to have some type of limited practice, take that
into account as you read the rules for the particular state. Also,
remember, that even though some states allow limited admission and other
require no registration for corporate counsel, it doesn't mean that
every corporation will allow thier in-house guys and gals to not be
admitted in the state in which the corporation is headquarted, etc.
With the caveat of "ABA is always better", etc. etc. etc., I'll retire
from this long post now.
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