# Are you a lawyer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535 "2009-11-14T06:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/21 "2009-11-15T21:06:27Z")
Yes, but provided everything goes well with business school maybe I can click “former lawyer” the next time this poll comes around. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/22 "2009-11-15T21:31:48Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/23 "2009-11-15T21:33:12Z")
Engineers create wealth, and lawyers take it away. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/24 "2009-11-15T22:32:27Z")
> [@lezlers](#): > > I’m a lawyer, licensed to practice in California, not Federal, though. I’m too cheap to pay for that admission. 😃 $210 in the Northern District, not too steep. But, if you don’t need it you don’t need it. About half my cases, or more, are in Federal Court, so I admitted in State and Federal Courts. I, too, am surprised by the high percentage. Of course, it’s not a scientific poll. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/25 "2009-11-15T22:49:30Z")
IAAL!!11! i pwned teh lollerskools!!!11 (citing _State v. w00t, et seq_. [supra, at fig. suxxors])!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/26 "2009-11-15T22:51:05Z")
I’m not a lawyer but I’m toying with the idea of law school some time in the future (my employer might pay for it once the economy climbs out of the dumpster and the budget goes up.) No clue how likely I am to try it, but it’s an option. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/27 "2009-11-15T22:52:44Z")
Interesting. You guys answered a question for me that I’ve been curious about but never got around to answering. I’ve seen ads up here occasionally about some immigration lawyer that practices both in Canada and the US. I thought it was pretty strange to be licensed in both countries simultaneously, but I guess not. Learn something new every day I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/28 "2009-11-16T03:01:06Z")
You missed my selection: [ul] [li]No, but I play one on TV.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/29 "2009-11-16T04:38:37Z")
> [@Hypatia](#): > > I wasn’t sure what to put. I have an law degree but I never practised. I put “foreign law student”. > [@Cunctator](#): > > Yes, there needs to be an option for “have a law degree but not admitted as a lawyer”. > [@Elysian](#): > > You forgot “US lawyer and foreign lawyer in training”. Boo 😛 I voted for US lawyer. My poll posting skills = fail. ☹ What is up with there being no former lawyers here? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/30 "2009-11-16T04:41:49Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > What is up with there being no former lawyers here? Once a lawyer, always a lawyer, unless you get disbarred or surrender your license. Even those that don’t practice are still lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/31 "2009-11-16T04:46:02Z")
I answered “Yes, US” on a technicality – Licensed, but never practiced. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/32 "2009-11-16T04:48:13Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > What is up with there being no former lawyers here? Just like there are no former Marines. Once you’re in, you always are. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/33 "2009-11-16T04:58:24Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Yes, there needs to be an option for “have a law degree but not admitted as a lawyer”. > [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I have a law degree and passed the Bar for my state. However, I am still awaiting admission to the Bar, which takes several months in my state. Since I anticipate admission, I chose “Yes I am a US lawyer.” Technically, though, it isn’t true. > [@Hypatia](#): > > I wasn’t sure what to put. I have an law degree but I never practised. I put “foreign law student”. 'Nother one here. I have a nice, shiny “you passed!” certificate from the New York State Bar Association. But in the time that elapsed between taking the exam and getting the results, I started taking on clients in the international policy arena, then a few more … then a few more … until that pesky set of forms (you want to know _everywhere_ I’ve worked since turning 21?!) seemed less and less worth it. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/34 "2009-11-16T05:13:52Z")
I’m considering it. I mean, what the hell good is a history degree good for anyways? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/35 "2009-11-16T06:51:02Z")
Like several others here, I’m stuck in the limbo between passing the bar and actually being admitted. (I’ll be there longer than most, since I’ll be out of the country when the Third Judicial Department does its big interview’n’swear-in festival come January.) Answered yes, though, since I imagine I’ll be sworn in eventually. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/36 "2009-11-16T06:54:28Z")
I am a Barrister. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/37 "2009-11-16T08:04:27Z")
I voted in the poll that I was not a lawyer, which is true. However, having worked in law firms and legal departments in film studios, in various capacities, for at least 10 years I think I have a better than average grasp on law. I worked as a paralegal, as a database designer and administrator and in litigation, trademark and copyright - yeah, I could give some sound advice if someone needed it, but no - I could not represent you at trial. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/38 "2009-11-16T09:02:47Z")
I put foreign lawyer in training, which isn’t strictly true since I am accepted but do not start till next year, but is kind of true in that I have a class schedule and I have paid for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/39 "2009-11-16T11:52:32Z")
I need an option for “not much of a lawyer.” ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535/40 "2009-11-16T13:45:11Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > There should be an option for “No, but I pretend to be on the internet” No point - being an internet poll, it would have got no responses :). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lawyer/517535.md?page=3)