US lawyers must pass an undergraduate degree, LSAT, law school, and bar exam
Evidence
Today in the United States, the process for becoming a lawyer is quite straightforward. First, a student must earn an undergraduate degree. During their senior year, or in the summer immediately preceding it, prospective law students take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), which is designed to measure their ability to succeed in law school. (To simplify matters, I ignore here the increasing number of applicants who enter the workforce for a period before applying to law school.) Law schools use the score on this test—along with undergraduate grades, recommendations, and other factors—in deciding whom to admit. Law school itself involves three years of intensive legal studies (four or five years for students who enroll in a part-time evening program). Those who graduate typically must pass the bar examination for the state in which they wish to practice law, although a few states exempt from the exam those who attend a law school within the state. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 631
Categorization
- DEFINE: Factual roadmap of the US route to bar admission - core institutional-structure content for the course.
- XREF: connects to: Law-school training and strict bar admission are recent American developments — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 972; Before 1900 most American lawyers learned law by apprenticeship, not law school — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 642; Over thirty states require all lawyers to join the state bar association. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1034
Broader Connections
- Before 1900 most American lawyers learned law by apprenticeship, not law school
#complicates(0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 642 - Law-school training and strict bar admission are recent American developments
#qualifies(0.82) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 972 - Over thirty states require all lawyers to join the state bar association.
#expands(0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1034