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The New Lawyer Supplement

May 19, 2012

Practice makes perfect? Would-be California lawyers may be headed that way

California lawyer hopefuls may soon find themselves required to fulfill a practical skills requirement before admission to the State Bar.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - After graduating from Whittier Law School, Linda Martin Gilchrist had to spend five months as a law clerk and perform a list of specific tasks before Delaware would allow her to become a lawyer there.


Gilchrist, who now is back in California as a research attorney with the San Bernardino County court, said she's glad she did.


"I actually did find it ver...

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