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In the discussion thread: Elizabeth Warren practiced law without a license? [View all]

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 03:33 PM

JDPriestly (37,760 posts)

38. Who wants to pay bar dues if they don't have to. In California I think they are

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a minimum of about $410 per year for active lawyers. Who needs it if you aren't practicing law?

http://www.calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs/News/ThisYearsNewsReleases/201220.aspx

It's $125 for inactive members of the Bar. Quite a bother to renew when you are not practicing.

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
Elizabeth Warren practiced law without a license? [View all]	Arkana	Sep 2012	OP
Until it comes from a real source then I'll wait to read about it.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Sep 2012	#1
Really?	Hutzpa	Sep 2012	#2
Why are you asking us? Is this the place for that sort of bullshit? nt	bemildred	Sep 2012	#3
I'm asking because I saw it somewhere and I'd rather know what REALLY happened.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#12
Ms Warren is a law PROFESSOR, has been since the 80s.	bemildred	Sep 2012	#13
I agree with you...	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2012	#14
+1 We can't fight back if we don't know what we're fighting	onenote	Sep 2012	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#31
This is where it is coming from	dbackjon	Sep 2012	#4
Sounds like the right-wing smear machine kicking into full gear	Proud Liberal Dem	Sep 2012	#5
This allegation is gaining right wing blogosphere traction	Orangepeel	Sep 2012	#6
Law professors don't practice law. They teach it. They don't need to be members of the bar	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#36
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#41
Thanks. But some law professors do not practice law.	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#50
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#53
Nothing to do with what she said on TV	Mass	Sep 2012	#7
They claim they asked if she was admitted to the MA bar and were told no	Orangepeel	Sep 2012	#9
Teaching law and practicing law are two very different things.	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#37
It was answered elsewhere in the thread	CreekDog	Sep 2012	#58
'And she doesnt need to answer every false charge leveled at her.'	TroyD	Sep 2012	#61
I thiugh rethugs hated lawyers so whats the problem	bigdarryl	Sep 2012	#8
Has she practiced law in Massachusetts?	csziggy	Sep 2012	#10
Who wants to pay bar dues if they don't have to. In California I think they are	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#38
Exactly! Professors such as Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama	csziggy	Sep 2012	#40
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#43
This website has only been in operation for a month. It was obviously set up as political	Lint Head	Sep 2012	#11
I'm a practicing attorney	MnAttorney	Sep 2012	#15
Welcome to DU and thanks for the info.	justiceischeap	Sep 2012	#16
Thanks. I figured it was Breitbart just making shit up again--just wanted to be sure.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#17
Thank you MnAttorney for your response...	tallahasseedem	Sep 2012	#25
Welcome to DU and thanks for taking the time to address this question for us.	left on green only	Sep 2012	#30
The key question...	sweetapogee	Sep 2012	#32
You cannot practice law in MA courts without a MA bar card.	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#33
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#39
But most courts, as here in Texas,	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#46
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#57
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#44
I think we are saying the same thing	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#51
I figured as much. Thanks.	Hassin Bin Sober	Sep 2012	#34
Hey, MnAttorney!! I'm a student at Washburn Law! Quick, give me a tip! ;)	cecilfirefox	Sep 2012	#69
Welcome to DU, MnAttorney! n/t	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#74
You can't practice law and be a judge ; you can practice law and teach school	musiclawyer	Sep 2012	#18
hey, bachmann practiced law without a brain	buzzman	Sep 2012	#19
One need not have a current bar card to TEACH law. More RW BS.	kestrel91316	Sep 2012	#20
Elizabeth Warren needs to get ahead of this before it becomes a fact	UCmeNdc	Sep 2012	#21
Right Wing Noise Machine	Berkshire Boy	Sep 2012	#22
Just the fact that our political discourse has come down to twitter,	wutang77	Sep 2012	#23
Me too.	Berkshire Boy	Sep 2012	#29
Accusations/article written by William A. Jacobson	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#24
While on the subject of candidates...	DURHAM D	Sep 2012	#26
He is a businessman, not a lawyer. Why should he take the bar? N/T	GreenStormCloud	Oct 2012	#90
I didn't ask if he "should".	DURHAM D	Oct 2012	#91
Why don't you google it & read several sources & decide for yourself? nt	patrice	Sep 2012	#28
Concerned posters rarely google beforehand	CreekDog	Sep 2012	#59
+1 & b..b..but! I LIKE asparagus!	patrice	Sep 2012	#62
"It's a very nice vegetable!"	louis-t	Sep 2012	#79
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#35
Above the Law (legal blog) has good answer to these charges	Gothmog	Sep 2012	#42
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#48
The National Review Online also has a good defense to these charges.	Gothmog	Sep 2012	#45
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#49
I am a transactional attorney	Gothmog	Sep 2012	#52
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#55
The Cornell professor left out an important point which changes everything.	Justice	Sep 2012	#54
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#56
Looks like Karl Rove/Scott Brown is going all out to take her down	TroyD	Sep 2012	#60
Ron Christie is spreading this all over twitter too	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#63
Does Warren have the documentation she needs to refute the charge?	TroyD	Sep 2012	#64
How would I know?	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#67
She has a law degree from Rutgers	Samantha	Sep 2012	#65
Article in business week. Warren has liscence	doccraig67	Sep 2012	#66
way to get fishhooked, sucker	MjolnirTime	Sep 2012	#68
Thanks for your insightful and well-written contribution.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#71
It's not true...read this	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#70
He has updated that today	pintobean	Sep 2012	#72
I thought that was excellent -- until I got to the "game-changer" update today.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#76
I just saw that game-changer update	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#82
Provocative statement with a question mark? I call BS on your Fox News tactic.	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#73
I call BS on your reaction to the poster.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#75
Then why use the Fox tactic of making a statement and inserting a question mark?	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#78
Unlike you, I don't watch Faux enough to know that's a tactic of theirs.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#80
Ok that is a cheap shot.	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#81
With all due respect, bite me.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#83
Nice.	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#84
Thank you to all who contributed their knowledge	bkkyosemite	Sep 2012	#77
Republicans are claiming this morning that they have 'new evidence' against Warren	TroyD	Sep 2012	#85
Nope	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#86
I keep coming back to that point - why wasn't it raised by the other side at the time?	Justice	Sep 2012	#88
They don't have squat. Something of this magnitude would have been found out back when she was first	Arkana	Sep 2012	#87
Is the Massachusetts bar taking action?	stevend56	Sep 2012	#89

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