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Originally Posted by axel77
I don't know about the U.S. system but here in europe, when you finished your law studies, you have to decide in which track you are going. That is "judge", "lawyer" or "law sciences", and your decision quite effectively closes the other tracks for you. For lifetime.
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That may be so in Continental Europe, which operates on a system derived from Roman Law. Britain and the US work differently, with a greater emphasis on common law principles.
And in the UK judges
are former lawyers. In fact, successful lawyers generally take quite a drop in earnings if they become a judge.
Moreover, Cherie Booth, a human rights lawyer (and wife of a former British Prime Minister) is a part-time judge as well.