Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Florida

Paralegal Student

Can a person who has graduated from law school but has not taken the bar exam be called an attorney?


Asked on 9/16/07, 11:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: Paralegal Student

No. An attorney is a person licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Florida. Perhaps you could call your self a lawyer, one learned in the law, but it would be extremely misleading to do so in the context of how the word is use and understood by the public.

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Answered on 9/16/07, 12:31 pm


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