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\"AmericanBarAssn\"<\/a>Why do we say that a graduating lawyer has “passed the bar”?<\/p>\n

To control rowdiness, a wooden bar was built across early courtrooms to separate the judge, lawyers, and other principle players from the riffraff seated in the public area.<\/p>\n

That bar, first used in the sixteenth century, also underlines the English word barrister or lawyer.<\/p>\n

When someone has “passed the bar” or “has been called to the bar,” it means he or she is now allowed into the closed off area of the courtroom — according to \u00a0“The Little Book of Answers.”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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