Legal eduation in the United States.docxVIP

Legal education in the  HYPERLINK /wiki/United_States \o United States United States Legal education in the  HYPERLINK /wiki/United_States \o United States United States generally refers to the education of lawyers before entry into  HYPERLINK /wiki/Practice_of_law \o Practice of law practice. (Other types of legal education, such as that of  HYPERLINK /wiki/Paralegal \o Paralegal paralegals, of  HYPERLINK /w/index.php?title=Limited_Practice_Officeraction=editredlink=1 \o Limited Practice Officer (page does not exist) Limited Practice Officers (in  HYPERLINK /wiki/Washington_(U.S._state) \o Washington (U.S. state) Washington), and of the citizenry in general, and of the education of lawyers after admission to the bar ( HYPERLINK /wiki/Continuing_Legal_Education \o Continuing Legal Education Continuing Legal Education) are not covered in this article.) Contents  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l History 1 History  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l The_first_law_schools_in_Europe 1.1 The first law schools in Europe  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l Legal_education_in_the_mother_land_of_common_law_.28the_United_Kingdom.29 1.2 Legal education in the mother land of common law (the United Kingdom)  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l Legal_education_in_the_North_American_colonies_and_the_United_States 1.3 Legal education in the North American colonies and the United States  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l Academic_degrees 2 Academic degrees  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l Admission_to_the_bar 3 Admission to the bar  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l Lawyer_credentials.2C_prestige.2C_and_career_path 4 Lawyer credentials, prestige, and career path  HYPERLINK /wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_States \l Law_school_rankings 4.1 Law school rankings  HYPERLINK /wiki/Le