My college and med school diplomas are both in the original cardboard tubes that they came in, at the back of my closet. I'm afraid that if I ever took them out they'd crumble.
About 20 years ago I had to send my original med school diploma to a state where I was applying for a license. I discovered that the diploma had been lost in one of my moves. The school replaced it, for a fee. But, since it had been about 10 years since I graduated, the school administrators had changed. So the new diploma has completely different signatures that the "original original". It also has a big red stamp on the bottom saying "this original replaces the original that was lost". It's not pretty, but it works.
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08-14-2009, 06:04 AM #1
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I had a solo practice for a while, so I framed my college and law school diplomas. They're in a box in my storage room now. I've never been asked for either of them. When I applied to law school they needed a transcript, not a diploma. I don't remember the exact procedures for applying for admission to the Bar (either state or federal courts), but I know a diploma wasn't involved, even though formal legal education is required in my state.
My high school diploma is in a manila folder with other keepsakes from my high school graduation, including the typed remarks by my favorite teacher (now deceased) who spoke for me at my graduation - which I value much more than the diploma itself. Although it makes me wistful that I never fulfilled the promise he saw in me.
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