Law Dopers: a brief survey

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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  1. Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles

  2. Took the bar twice and did not pass. In fact I got a worse result the second time than the first

  3. I am currently a designer of residential additions, remodels and new construction, and I know that I am happier than I ever would have been as a lawyer. I wish I could have the five years I spent in law school back, but maybe they were necessary for me to realize what I really wanted to do with my life.

I recently learned that a legal education won’t even serve to exempt me from jury duty.

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Not me, my wife …

  1. U of Arizona, class of '80

  2. AZ, NV, MO

  3. Self-employed semi-retired attorney specializing in banking regulation & operational complaince, plus generic financials on the side (complex trusts, estate planning, buyouts, corp reformations, etc.)

  4. Greater St. Louis MO, with clients in CA, NV, and AZ as well.

  5. 25 years, a long & winding road with many weird stops.

  6. Solving a real business problem, threading a path between the dozens of complex & conflicting statutes passed by the non-lawyers in Congress & their regulatory hench-fools. And don’t get her started on insurance co’s practicing law without a clue or a license.

  7. The hassle of generating new clients; inefficient & unpleasant. Court. She hasen’t been inside one in 15+ years & doesn’t intend to ever set foot in one again.

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Probably not. :smiley: Tell me more!