Law Practice,
Government
Oct. 31, 2017
President esquires and the rise of law school
"Those who attend law school know how to pass the examinations, while those who study in an office know how to apply their knowledge to actual practice." Calvin Coolidge put it that way in his memoirs, no doubt because he was the last lawyer/president never to have attended law school.
James Attridge
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U Denver School of Law
James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
"Those who attend law school know how to pass the examinations, while those who study in an office know how to apply their knowledge to actual practice." Calvin Coolidge put it that way in his memoirs, no doubt because he was the last lawyer/president never to have attended law school. When he became president in 1923, law schools had begun to dominate. In 1922, 643 aspirants sat for the New York bar exam. Only nine of them weren't grads. The last Supreme Court justic...
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