A law degree in Iraq is the equivalent of an undergraduate degree from a US university. All practising lawyers join the Iraq Bar Association, which is less a professional organisation like the American Bar Association and more like a state licensing body — minus the licensing part.
Essentially, anyone who graduates from law school and pays his or her dues can hang a shingle and practise law. There’s no Bar exam and according to an Iraqi lawyer I spoke with today, virtually no practical training. The lawyer told me that Iraqi law students, for example, don’t read cases.
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