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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Father Terrence who wrote (41454)6/22/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Back when Lincoln studied law, there were something like five casebooks and maybe three hornbooks that you had to know to pass the bar. Nothing at all like we have to know today. I know Lincoln was a better lawyer than most, that's not the point. Preparing for the bar by reading law was quite common in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Huey Long is said to be the last person to do it in Louisiana. Virginia still allows it, but the reader must also clerk in a law office while reading law.

It's almost impossible to learn really difficult subjects, like constitutional law, federal jurisdiction, or tax, just by reading.
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