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If they pass the Bar and have a license to practice law they become an attorney. With a law degree but no license, they're just a lawyer.
by akiselev 3y ago
If they pass the Bar and have a license to practice law they become an attorney. With a law degree but no license, they're just a lawyer.
- abduhl 3y agoThis is a distinction that JD holders who have not passed the bar have tried to push. It is not true and holding yourself out as a lawyer without a license is the unlicensed practice of law. The public does not recognize the distinction and neither does the law.