Law School Admission Test

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The roadmap to becoming a judge requirements is to follow the steps that a student will need to compete is to graduate with a bachelor's degree from a 4-year university; Preferable an Ivy League school. The top Ivy League schools Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania these school will produce a student that qualifies for law school. Next by, passing the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) including an excellent score providing a greater possibility of becoming candidates to be accepted for Law school and completing three years. Next, passing The bar exam is a test created by the American Bar Association to award the applicant to

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