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no_hypocrisy

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36. It's one thing to buy a J.D. (Juris Doctor). It's another thing to pass the Bar.

Thu May 22, 2025, 04:51 PM

May 22

Remember that if you can't represent your clients fully and professionally, they'll lose money or their freedom. And if you're an Associate in a firm and you f*ck up, the whole firm is sued for malpractice and gets a stain on its reputation.

Passing the Bar is the way you have a modicum of reliability. You can't go running to the Partners and other Associates every day and ask about court procedure or how to do legal research. You have to be able to work independently. And no, you can't let your paralegals do all the work and you take the credit.

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Kim Kardashian graduates law program after 6 years [View all] Jilly_in_VA May 22 OP

Good grief. It is Van and me, not I. efhmc May 22 #1

It's always annoying to hear people who are spooky3 May 22 #5

I would not use the term "Well educated" here. marybourg May 22 #7

Yes. While I want to credit her efforts, "reading law" as an apprentice under an established lawyer allows a lot of hlthe2b May 22 #12

Yup. marybourg May 22 #15

It's how my grandfather obtained his degree Jilly_in_VA May 22 #20

Yes. Many/most Supreme Court justices prior to the 20th century did so as well. hlthe2b May 22 #22

Interesting! I didn't not know that. But I do have friends spooky3 May 22 #24

That's a little more complex than marybourg May 22 #34

Not really. It's simply the basis for determining that spooky3 May 22 #40

I also have a good friend Jilly_in_VA May 23 #43

The key word there being.... DFW May 22 #29

Exactly. I have a friend with a PhD from a good school who makes these errors. spooky3 May 22 #41

It totally mystifies me that people never mess this up in the singular, only in the plural. 3catwoman3 May 22 #10

Just like "Me and Bob went to the store". People marybourg May 22 #17

In her early days on TV, Judge Judy would correct litigants by spooky3 May 22 #25

The atrocity that is especially driving me crazy of late... 3catwoman3 May 22 #30

That marybourg May 22 #33

Thank you! MIButterfly May 22 #27

I was going to say DFW May 22 #28

She didn't get a degree; she did an apprenticeship. marybourg May 22 #35

Figures. Here, from the Official Dictionary of Republicanese: DFW May 22 #38

Bless her heart Traildogbob May 22 #2

I Rebl2 May 22 #3

Good for her. stillcool May 22 #4

Van Jones? choie May 22 #6

Her next challenge will be the Bar Exam. Raven May 22 #8

Good luck with that. no_hypocrisy May 22 #26

I am impressed Skittles May 22 #32

It's one thing to buy a J.D. (Juris Doctor). It's another thing to pass the Bar. no_hypocrisy May 22 #36

But Michael Cohen did Jilly_in_VA May 23 #44

How soon before the Trump justice department Johonny May 22 #9

It would be interesting to know how she would have done in a traditional... 3catwoman3 May 22 #11

I think she's more interested in prison reform. Jilly_in_VA May 23 #45

Well done. I confess I know zero about the Kardashians Arazi May 22 #13

Just know they are friends with the Trumps and have been spotted at Mar-A-Shithole. Initech May 22 #14

Yeah I knew that (and the relationship to Caitlyn Jenner) Arazi May 22 #16

Congratulations!! Canada Kid May 22 #18

Maybe.. She "read the law" as an apprentice to a lawyer--bypassing law school... She still has to PASS the bar exam. hlthe2b May 22 #19

Her father was an attorney. JustABozoOnThisBus May 22 #39

Good on her. No snark here. Solly Mack May 22 #21

I don't think she gets to use "Esq" as she does not have a JD Fiendish Thingy May 22 #23

Good for her! still-prayin4rain May 22 #31

I guess this means an AI assist helps people get a law degree? Jacson6 May 22 #37

That should be "...with Van and me." Iggo May 22 #42

Postscript no_hypocrisy May 24 #46

She still has to pass the bar exam iemanja May 24 #47

She didn't "graduate" Jersey Devil May 24 #48