If you look strictly at Minn...there’s around six-hundred lawyers disbarred or suspended. There’s no national list, but I’d take a humble guess at thirty-thousand such lawyers who can’t practice law anymore. The six years of law studies? Gone down the drain.
So, where do you go next? To either charity foundations, fake fronts like the NAACP, US Senators, union advisers, or end up as radio talk-show hosts.
Or Presidents. Clinton,,, Obama, both lost law licenses.
To get into an ABA-approved JD program today in the U.S. typically requires a bachelor’s degree (4 years) in any major. The JD degree only requires 3 years. A disbarred attorney could fall back on the bachelor’s degree if in a decent field, such as engineering.
Some choose to run for office. At least one is currently running for governor in a red state.