Are you a lawyer?

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Poll question: Are you a lawyer?

I'm wondering how many people on DU are lawyers.
So, are you a lawyer?

[eyesroll]

1. People occasionally think I'm a lawyer

I have a pretty decent vocabulary and I ask a million questions in places like the bank. I've written about legal issues and I can BS my way through a conversation if I have to. (Don't worry -- I don't represent myself as a lawyer when I am BSing.)

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2. Sounds like a "sort of" to me...

I'm wondering about this because I'm thinking I'm gonna go ahead and go to law school. I'm gonna have to take the LSAT first, and that's gonna take practice (only because of time issues) because I need to get a really good score.

Edited for idiotic grammar.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The term, "lawyer" is limiting. I prefer legal advocate.

n/t

[Bake]

13. Well, I suppose it IS limiting

It's limited to those who have been to law school, passed a bar exam, and been admitted to the bar.

There are lawyers who are not actively practicing, but that's another issue.

Bake, Esq.

[Rainbowreflect]

4. I voted "sorta" because I'm a paralegal.

Which means I get to do all the work & the lawyer gets all the money. Actully, I love my job most days.

[Bake]

12. A big THANK YOU to all the paralegals

I couldn't get my work done without you. You are appreciated.

Bake, Esq.

[izzie]

5. No but I like them, once one took over$ 2000 off a bill.

He said it was way to high and he never felt it would go that high. For his hours he should have had it.

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Another Other

One of my friends, who recently passed the bar (and didn't go in -- har de har) thinks I should go to law school.

It's probably because I like to argue and I think most judges are human filth.

--bkl

[bluedeminredstate]

10. Hey my Dad's a judge...

actually, retired. He may be a pain in the ass, but human filth is a tad too strong.
I know you said most judges, so I'll feel free to exclude him from that group.
:)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. I want to be...

But then I want to be a juvenile court judge...I think that would be the best use of my talents...
Duckie

[Wickerman]

8. No, but I have friends who play lawyers in bars

what they do at work is a mystery.

[LTR]

9. No, but I play one on TV! (nm)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. Graduated from law school in 1983

Currently working as a legal advisor, not actively practicing.

[Bertha Venation]

14. I would call myself one . . .

. . . if I got paid per question. Most new acquaintances, upon hearing I work at a law firm, start to ask legal questions or tell lawyer jokes.

As it is, being a legal secretary, I know that the legal profession would grind to an immediate, earthshaking, pavement-gouging halt if it weren't for us underappreciated and underpaid "mere" staffers.

[curse10]

15. Sort of, because I'm just a student

need to finish up school and pass the bar

[TrogL]

16. I do my own legal

I use a lawyer to check my work. My lawyer says I'm a better lawyer than my wife's and most people coming out of law school.