LATIN: useful for law school?

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barb28@rock.com - 09 Sep 2005 03:10 GMT

Hello, would some of you Latin people
out there please tell me, is learning Latin
an asset for an attorney? Do judges and
courtroom people still use it in legal
filings and whatnot? I know that learning
Latin is good in that it makes you have
better study habits, but I was wondering
just how much it is still used (outside of
the 100 or 200 Latin legal phrases). Please
post a reply here publically. Thanks!

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Owain - 09 Sep 2005 13:39 GMT

> Hello, would some of you Latin people
> out there please tell me, is learning Latin
> an asset for an attorney?

It depends on where you are. I suspect it will not be so useful for
working in the field of Anglo-American law. Here in Scotland, Scottish
law is derived from Roman law, and studying Roman law is compulsory for
advocates.

Owain

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John Ramsay - 09 Sep 2005 16:40 GMT

> Hello, would some of you Latin people
> out there please tell me, is learning Latin
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> the 100 or 200 Latin legal phrases). Please
> post a reply here publically. Thanks!

Latin is not used much in modern day court
proceedings but my younger son found
taking a Great Books/Latin degree of
use.

He did well in law school and has
been a lawyer for several years.

You should also look at the law schools you
might want to attend to see how they weight
your university marks along with the L-SAT
scores.

The bottom line is you need both good marks
in university and good scores on L-SAT
to gain admission.

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LATIN: useful for law school?