United States of America
Main article: Admission to the bar in the United States
Lawyers in the United States must be admitted by each U.S.
jurisdiction in which legal advice is rendered (a U.S. state,
commonwealth or territory), which generally requires that they complete
an undergraduate degree in any discipline (usually 4 years), obtain a
Juris Doctor degree (3 years) and pass a bar exam. However, the requirements vary between jurisdictions, and there are exceptions to each of the general requirements in some. In a handful of U.S. states, one may become an attorney (a so-called country lawyer) by simply "reading law"
and passing the bar examination, without having to attend law school
first (although very few people actually become lawyers that way).
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