Homeless Lawyer Secretly Lived in Public Defender’s Office for 5 Months

There was an attorney in santa cruz, california who specialized in pro bono work for the homeless, most commonly when they were prosecuted for camping within city limits. That law was passed in the 1950s to encourage tourists to rent hotel rooms rather than camp on the beach.

He was unable to pay his bar association, so some judge paid it for him.

The name of the judge was never disclosed publicly. I'm not real clear how we know that it was a judge. I expect that had the judge claimed credit publicly, he would have been obligated to recuse himself when this attorney appeared before him.

Go read a legal textbook - as opposed to legislation or a contract.

They're really quite easy to understand in contrast to computer science or physics texts. I read them for fun.

Judicial opinions are commonly easy to read, especially supreme court opinions.

My point is that maybe it's not so hard to pass the bar.