I am a small time activist in Oklahoma, and I frequently find myself in situations where it would be very helpful to send scary lawyer legalese letters.

I was listening to the podcast “Weird Little Guys” and one of the losers discussed on the show managed to get certified to practice law by attending YMCA night school so that he could fight school integration.

How could I pull off something similar? Not looking to really take clients/make money, but it would be really helpful with things like my states non-enforcement of its open records act.

I know this wouldn’t be a short term project, but what would be the easiest/cheapest routes?

  • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Obviously the right answer is, “probably don’t do this,” but in the spirit of actually engaging with it, I think you’d want a diploma mill that gives out law degrees with some sort of track record of being accepted, which will probably come down to the accrediting bodies the “schools” fall under.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      9 hours ago

      I think you’d want a diploma mill that gives out law

      The diploma mill option does sound promising. I really just want to be able to send letters that won’t get tossed.

      • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        I used to work in politics and knew of a guy who almost certainly did this. I believe his school was in the Virgin Islands, but could be mistaken.