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Pass the bar. The CIPP is a signaling credentisl that's not terribly substantive.

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If you’re consulting the JD is just as good as the bar because you can’t practice law either way.

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Apologies, meant “Compliance,” not Consulting. But your point still stands.

Pass the bar first.

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