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<p>The BBC described Mexican President Felipe Calderon as a “Harvard-educated lawyer”. Never mind that his law degree is from a Mexican law school and his connection to Harvard is that he holds a master’s degree from the Kennedy School. I suppose that saying that Calderon is a ‘Escuela Libre de Derecho-educated lawyer’ doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.</p>
<p>A Harvard educated lawyer, Mr Calderon, 44, found favour with the business community and pledged to continue the free market policies pursued by President Vicente Fox.</p>
<p>[BBC</a> NEWS | Americas | Profile: Felipe Calderon](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5318434.stm]BBC”>Profile: Felipe Calderon - BBC News)</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_calderon[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_calderon</a></p>
<p>But it isn’t just the Mexicans - we Americans do it too! The official White House website lists John Adams as a “Harvard educated lawyer” despite the fact that he never went to law school at all and passed the bar through self-study in 1758. In fairness, self-study was a common practice at the time as the US - or more specifically, the colonies that were to later become the US - didn’t even have any law schools at the time. W&M’s law school wasn’t founded until 1779 and Harvard Law wasn’t founded until 1817. </p>
<p>Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause…</p>
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