I was a movie editor. Fighting for workers' rights made me quit the industry and go to law school.

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After a decade editing documentaries, Edward Wardrip is going to law school to help fix what he sees is a broken system for workers.

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I helped my daughter get into law school by pulling strings and got her a job at my law firm. Some colleagues don't respect her at work.

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The author (not pictured) helped his daughter jump-start her law career.

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I was kicked out of high school, so I turned to the Marines for a way forward. Now, I'm a corporate lawyer with degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

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Andrew Hanson practices securities enforcement at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

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I attended law school in the US and Belgium. I had better, cheaper classes in Europe and felt safer.

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The author studied in Europe.

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Now-Speaker Mike Johnson worked with a Louisiana college to minimize the fallout over his resignation as the dean of a Christian law school that never opened, report says

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at the US Capitol in November.

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A Berkeley law professor is telling law firms not to hire his antisemitic students

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University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

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