• @medgremlin@midwest.social
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    43 months ago

    Wisconsin doesn’t have a bar exam if that makes any difference to you. And there’s cities in Wisconsin like Hudson that are on the border/river across from Minnesota.

    • @AquaTofana@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Actually thats HELLA good to know. I havent really settled on anything yet since I’m still active duty/getting through my masters degree, and I’ve got about 4 years to retirement, but that is going to be a huge influence.

      My buddy actually moved out to St Paul, and he says he’s about 40 mins from Wisconsin’s border. He’s the one who gave me the idea because he’s been begging my husband and I to move out there, as he’s very Lefty and loves it, and he thinks we would too. I don’t disagree with him, I was just in tunnel vision with my literal personal crusade, until he mentioned how close he was to the Wisconsin border. I was like “Oh I could definitely be a Public Defender there then!”

      Thank you so much for the information!

      • @SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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        23 months ago

        To jump in here with a clarification: Wisconsin does indeed have a bar exam. However, the Wisconsin courts offer diploma privilege to graduates of the Marquette and University of Wisconsin law schools. You do not need to sit for the bar exam if you graduate from those schools, but everybody else must pass the exam to gain admission.

        Good news, though: Milwaukee and Madison are very blue cities.

      • @medgremlin@midwest.social
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        23 months ago

        My husband and I have a house in St Paul and we go to Hudson for lunch/dinner dates sometimes. It’s quite close. And Minnesota and Wisconsin have agreements set up for living in one state and working in the other.