Re: [DL] lawyer question [STEVE LONG?]

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> << A Lot of lawyers,
>  especially Out West, wouldn't necessarily have a ton of Academia in thier
>  back pocket nor the resources to stay current on legal precident, but
they
>  sure could tell someone who's been in a Western courtroom, or any
courtroom
>  at all for that matter, from someone who hasn't. In fact, having all that
>  learnin' might seem a bit suspicious unless they are posing as a Tin Horn
as
>  well. >>
>
>     The best-known legal figure in the Old West, Judge Roy Bean, once
fined a
> lawyer for cursing in the courtroom when that lawyer mentioned a writ of
> habeas corpus. ;)

Well, this being thwe case, what was required to be a lawyer back then- or
could, say, I just up and say "I'm a lawyer!" with absolutely no training?

Nick Zachariasen
Editor Emeritus
Trojan Times