That fact alone is not a sufficient guarantee of it.
I don't know how many years exactly, but he was a practicing lawyer (a constitutional lawyer) so he's more than qualified. :)
You'll need a 4-year's college degree followed by a three-year law degree. Once you pass the state bar exam, you'd be a practicing attorney.
A typical defense attorney or lawyer spends about four years in college to obtain a Bachelors Degree. Then, an aspiring defense attorney should apply to law school. One will spend about three years in law school before graduating.
A criminal lawyer will have attended college for the same amount of time as any other basic lawyer. There are some states, however, such as Oregon, that do not require you to attend law school before becoming a practicing lawyer. Generally, a lawyer will have to have received his/her bachelor's degree (4 years) and then have attended law school (3 years). Thus you are looking at about 7 years and the student must still pass the BAR in his/her state to become an attorney.
Clarence Darrow was John Scopes' lawyer. The opposite lawyer was Bryan. Bryan won the case, but he lost the argument. Evolution wasn't taught in the classroom for another 45 years.
in the usual amount of time, you have to study in university for about 4 years to become a good civil lawyer. To be a great lawyer, people tend to study for 6 years. I have found a woman to have sex with so i will give up my dream on being a civil lawyer.
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Gandi trained 8 years to be a lawyer
you have to serve 6 years before retireing as a lawyer.
One can find a good DUI defense lawyers by talking to any family or friends whom may have dealt with drunk driving cases in the past and finding out what lawyers they used. Another way to find out about good drunk driving defense lawyers is to use websites such as "Attorneys" and "Expert Law". Generally you will want a lawyer that has graduated from an accredited law school and has many years of experience in the field of DUI cases.
To become any kind of lawyer, the process varies from country to country. In the U.S, the first stage is to gain a bachelors' degree, ideally in a relevant subject area such as criminal law. A further three years must then be spent at Law School. After successfully completing Law School, the 'bar exam' then has to be completed to become a practicing lawyer. Embezzlement law can the be practised.
Havn't been for years now...