Rebecca Valois is working to become a lawyer -- without setting foot in a law school. She studies at the private practice of her mother-in-law, who studied with her husband. They're "law readers," people who learn in offices or judges' chambers rather than classrooms. Fewer than 150 people are in programs that require absolutely no law school, according to the state bars that allow the practice. Despite the informal training, law readers have gone on to great things.
September 21, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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