"Whirled Peas" > wrote in message
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> On 02/19/2015 10:09 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> There was no lying. I was trying to get an AA certificate in legal
>> assisting. Do you think such a certificate would come to me without
>> taking any law courses? This was a new program when I went to college
>> and they told me that so far nobody had graduated from it but that they
>> had to warn me that I would not be able to take any law courses for 5
>> years with the way things had so far played out.
>>
>> I don't lie for sport and I just don't lie! I might get things wrong
>> sometimes. We all do. But I certainly do not lie.
>
> This doesn't apply to Julie, since she lives elsewhere, but in California,
> you don't have to go to law school to be a lawyer. As a matter of fact,
> you don't even have to go to school. You *do*, however, have to pass the
> state bar exam, which is extremely tough. Every time it's given, 5 out of
> 6 people fail. However, I have known a couple of people that eventually
> passed after self-study only. One was a railroad property manager and the
> other was a timber worker that wanted a better life. Neither volunteered
> how many tries it took, but you get unlimited tries and only have to pass
> once.

One doesn't even need to go to college to get a degree either. Some
colleges will allow life experience or let you challenge courses. Then
there are honorary degrees.