“You Didn’t Go to Law School?” Vermont’s Law Office Study Program as a Pathway to Licensure
By Sam Abel-Palmer and Patty TurleyAttorneys often field a question: Where did you go to law school? But in Vermont, you would not be surprised if a lawyer answers that they did not attend law school. Vermont is one of a few US jurisdictions that provides a pathway to bar licensure akin to the clerkship or apprenticeship model. Vermont’s Law Office Study (LOS) Program is active, and the Vermont bar rolls have many attorneys licensed by this approach. The LOS Program offers a robust pathway to bar licensure via a four-year, self-guided course of study before participants sit for the bar exam with the opportunity to become fully licensed to practice law in Vermont. ...
The Navajo Nation Bar Exam: Adapting Traditional Law to Modern Legal Practice
By Troy A. Eid
"A Bar Association of Our Own"
In 1978, a spirited group of younger Diné (Navajo) attorneys ...
“You Didn’t Go to Law School?” Vermont’s Law Office Study Program as a Pathway to Licensure
By Sam Abel-Palmer and Patty TurleyAttorneys often field a question: Where did you go to law school? But in Vermont, you would not be surprised if a lawyer answers that they did not attend law school. Vermont is one of a few US jurisdictions that provides a pathway to bar licensure akin to the clerkship or apprenticeship model. Vermont’s Law Office Study (LOS) Program is active, and the Vermont bar rolls have many attorneys licensed by this approach. The ...
