Law School

There is PRACTICING and then there's...

Of course this is what I mean:
Why do you think NYU offer's online certificate and Master's
programs in foreign patent translation!
Foreign language skills plus technical or legal knowhow
can get you a corporate job...It's just a question of supply vs. demand and the fact that it's not "practicing" law but merely advising those who do!

--Orson

 

Interesting, I was not aware of that. Just for curiosity's sake, do you have any idea if there are any problems for lawyers licensed in other states getting permission to practice in LA without taking the bar (or vice-versa)? I don't plan on leaving California any time soon (certainly not before I finish law school at least!), but one never knows...

 

Louisiana has its own examiners who write the exam. My understanding is that it's primarily based on the "Civil Code" with some "Non-Code" stuff thrown in. Although LA doesn't use the MBE, a passing score on the MPRE is required.

As far as practicing in LA (other than pro hac vice) without taking the bar, it's not allowed. As far as I know, like California and Florida, there's simply no reciprocity.

 

AAAANNNNDDDD LA has one of the lowest Bar pass rates in the country!
Nosborne, JD

 

Fascinating. However, my understanding is that Part I of the exam contains 9 subjects and examinees can fail "conditionally" which means they only have to re-take those subjects in which they did not receive a passing score. The number of examinees who fail completely, and are thus forced to re-take the exam in its entirety, appears to be relatively small (like around 15%).