Do you want to be a lawyer?
Today, many people say that they would like to be a lawyer with the idea that the lawyers stay in court, fight the bad guys, shout in court, and win the case. While that may be true from time to time, it is definitely not true most of the time. Also, you should know what kind of lawyer you would like to be. For those interested in becoming a lawyer, I am going to go over a few steps here to get you started on the right track.
The first is the first. Do you know exactly what a lawyer does? They assist in the drafting of wills, help merchants sue clients for unpaid bills, advise clients in a divorce, prepare loan documents for banks, research tax laws and international trade, prosecute in criminal trials and some other things. It can be a public defender, prosecutor, city attorney, or city attorney. Many attorneys don’t even see the inside of a courtroom.
State laws differ in terms of the requirements to become an attorney and to be able to practice law in that state. We will use California as an example.
18 years
Pass equivalency tests or two years of undergraduate work.
Graduated from a state-approved bar association law school
Register with the state bar association within 90 days of starting law school
Pass the freshman law student exam
receive a positive determination of moral character
Pass the California Bar Exam and the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam
Provide your social security number
Comply with any court-ordered child or family support payments
Before law school, you want to know what you need to do to get it right, right? Here are some tips: Write logically and concisely, analyze problems and create solutions, express a position on an issue and participate in discussion, and read, analyze, and retain large amounts of material.
Applying to law school can take a while. There is usually a waiting list, so you will probably need to apply about a year before taking the LSAT (Law Student Admission Test). The LSAT is administered four times a year.
In California, you can become a lawyer without going to law school. You will have to have four years studying law with a judge or a lawyer. To obtain a moral character determination, they will need evidence of honesty, respect for the law and the rights of others, fiscal responsibility, and records of fidelity and reliability in other areas of licensed work. If you’ve been convicted in the past … you don’t have good moral character.
You must pass the bar exam. It is a 3-day test with 6 essay questions, two performance tests, and a 200-question multiple-choice test on constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, testing, real estate, and torts. If you do not approve, you can take it again as long as you are under oath saying that you will meet the requirements within 5 years.
In short, we can reduce it to seven steps.
1: Get a Bachelor’s Degree from an Accredited University
2: Take the LSAT
3: Enter law school
4: Law School Graduate
5: Study for the bar exam
6: Pass the bar exam
7: pass the moral character assessment
And there you have it. Seven steps to being a lawyer. Good luck with him and if you have questions, comments, suggestions or just want to tell me I suck, feel free to send me a message.