How to become a laywer

Here are the steps you would need to take to become a lawyer!

Step #1– Get a bachelors degree. You need to get a bachelors degree in anything, it doesn’t have to be law but it would be helpful. Sometimes the bachelors degree you get can help you in the area of law you wish to specialize in. For example getting a biology degree might help you if medicine law is what you want to practice.

Step#2– Passing the law school admission test. The LSAT includes a multiple choice section as well as a written section. It is made to test the individual on the most critical skills a lawyer will need down the road including reading comprehension, information management, analysis and critical thinking, reasoning, and argumentation.

Step#3– Start applying to law schools. You need to start applying to law schools accredited by the American Bar Association. When applying you will have to include overall GPA, undergraduate coursework, and LSAT scores. Some things that would boost your application would be community service, organizational affiliations, and recommendation letters from educators, alumni or legal professionals.

Step #4– Earning a Juris Doctor Degree. Students must earn this from one of 200 schools in the US. They can choose to concentrate in areas of real estate, property, criminal, environmental, tax, or family law. Typically students can complete their Juris Doctor in three years of full-time study.

Step #5– Passing the bar exam.

The Bar Exam is an examination administered in each state to assess whether or not a candidate is competent to practice law in that jurisdiction. The format for each state’s bar exam is different, but usually is broken into two parts that are taken on two separate days. In this two-part format, the first part is the Multistate Bar Examination, or the MBE. The MBE is written by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and is static throughout each jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction except Louisiana incorporates the MBE in its bar exam. The MBE is administered twice annually- once on the last Wednesday in February and again on the last Wednesday in July.

The second portion of the Bar Exam is usually “state specific,” where each state tests candidates on unique aspects of its laws. The state specific portion of the bar examination is usually administered in essay format.

The third portion of the Bar Exam is the Multistate Performance Test, or the MPT. The MPT is designed to test the examinee’s ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation. The MPT evaluates the ability to complete a task that a beginning lawyer should be able to accomplish. Applicants should contact the bar admissions agency in their jurisdiction to determine whether the MPT is administered as part of the jurisdiction’s bar examination. Not every jurisdiction requires the MPT.

SOURCE: https://www.adaptibar.com/what-is-the-bar-exam.aspx