Legal Question in Personal Injury in Wisconsin

Re: how to become a personal injury attorney

Generally, you will have to obtain a college undergraduate degree, then take the LSAT exam, then apply to and be accepted to an accredited law school. You must then finish the three year law school program and graduate. If you graduate from a Wisconsin law school and plan to practice law in Wisconsin, Wisonsin is, I believe, the only state that has Wisconsin Diploma Privelege which allows a Wisconsin school law school graduate to be admitted to practice law in Wisconsin, without taking a bar exam, if you satisfy a set of course and grade requirements. If you graduate from a law school outside of Wisconsin, such as my situation, and want to practice law in either Wisconsin or another state, or if you graduate from a Wisconisin law school and want to practice law in another state, you will be required to take and pass that particular state's bar exam and satisfy that state's licensing requirements in order to be licensed to practice law. Once that occurs, you will be licensened, but not necessarily qualified, to become a personal injury attorney. Any licensened attorney can represent an individual in a personal injury case, however, as in any area of law, there are many nuances, strategies, and particular knowledge available to those of us who handle these cases regularly, as opposed to other attorneys who do not regularly handle these types of cases, that allow us to be better equipped and qualified to more successfully represent individuals who have been injured and have the right to pursue a personal injury case. Many attorneys who end up doing personal injury law have also clerked for personal injury law firms during their law school years, either during the school year and/or the summer months between law school years. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me and I would be happy to answer any further questions.