Early nineteenth-century lawyers trained by apprenticeship, not formal schooling

Evidence

Legal education as we know it basically did not exist in 1800. The way to the bar was through apprenticeship. The young man who wanted to be a lawyer “read law” in a lawyer’s office. He sat in the office for a period, and plowed through a number of law books. Often the apprentice made himself useful doing the lawyer’s drudge work: copying documents, writing out pleadings, running errands. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1261

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Before 1900 most American lawyers learned law by apprenticeship, not law school — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 642; University-based law schooling replaced apprenticeship only within the last century — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1194; Bar preparation requirements weakened across the nineteenth century — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1884 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Before 1900 most American lawyers learned law by apprenticeship, not law school #corroborates (0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 642
• University-based law schooling replaced apprenticeship only within the last century #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1194
• Bar preparation requirements weakened across the nineteenth century #expands (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1884
• Modern education as an isolated disciplined process is a nineteenth-century invention #qualifies (0.72) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 296