Sounds like the start of a good lawyer joke. But what does it mean when we say a lawyer has passed the bar? Well today we mean they have passed the Bar Exam which is required before a lawyer can be licensed to practice law. But that is not where the phrase originated. In theContinue reading “So Two Attorney’s Pass the Bar…”
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The Most Important Lawyer You Have Probably Never Heard Of
Sir William Garrow (1760 -1840) You have probably never heard of Sir William Garrow. Don’t worry. Most people haven’t. Yet he is probably the one lawyer who has had the most profound effect on your legal rights as citizens. It is hard to believe now, but as late as the 1770s, when Garrow came onContinue reading “The Most Important Lawyer You Have Probably Never Heard Of”
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