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Originally Posted by UncleWede
My dad has both a JD and passed the bar in CALIFORNIA. I also have a friend who has only passed the bar, no JD, in CALFORNIA. They can both represent me in court, and can call themselves either an attorney at law, or a lawyer, in CALIFORNIA
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Isn't that what is sometimes called "reading the law?" IIRC from high school American history classes (and I may not for that was some 45+ years ago) that is how Abraham Lincoln became an attorney. All in all, it strikes me as the legal world's equivalent of St. John's College "Great Books" approach to higher education, but I don't know any lawyers who've "read the law."
All the best.