Can I take the bar exam/be a lawyer without going to law school?
Yes you can, but you have to work really hard for it I actually found some really cool articles online with the help of Michael P. Ehline’s post: This article on how to become an attorney without college training or a law school degree is not intended to be a law school bible. This is simply one man’s story of becoming a California criminal defense and personal injury consumer attorney in California by “reading”for the law on the California State Bar – Law Office Study Program (LOSP). I was able to become an attorney on the California State Bar Law Office Study Program without a law school degree, or a college degree by taking the CLEP and then passing the California First Year Law Student’s Examination (aka “Baby Bar”). Passing the Baby Bar qualified me to sit for the California Bar Examination three (3) years later. Some of the People and Organizations Responsible for Helping Me Become a Lawyer Without Law School Degree and Becoming an Attorney Without a College Degree on the Law Off
