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Can one become an attorney without a law degree in the United States, such as by passing the state bar exam? Which States in the U.S. allow this?

Geremia
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California, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington allow a person to substitute a pattern of study in a judges or lawyer's office. In California, this is per rule 4.29 of the California Bar, and rule 6 of the Washington Supreme Court. These states require the candidate to be supervised and tutored by a practicing attorney or judge, which makes it challenging to actually satisfy the requirement. There are also provisions whereby one might substitute the fact of being a practicing lawyer in a common law jurisdiction (which opens the theoretical possibility that one might not have attended law school in that country).

user6726
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New York allows a person to take the bar exam after "study in a law office" and not just after law school.

See Rule 520.4 (https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/520rules10.htm#2).

The current version of the rule (my recollection is that it didn't always require this) requires essentially that the 1L curriculum has been taken at a law school, successfully, followed by ~3 years of law office study.

Rick Colosimo
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Can one become an attorney without a law degree?

Yes, assuming "attorney" is synonymous with "solicitor" and not "lawyer" because...

Unlike terms such as solicitor or barrister, lawyer has no defined meaning in UK law. Anyone can call themselves a lawyer, regardless of whether they have any professional legal qualifications or not.

Source: SRA

But:

It is a criminal offence for someone to call themselves a solicitor or act as a solicitor if they are not on the roll of solicitors.

Source: SRA

To qualify as a solicitor without a law degree, one needs to follow the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) route, and must:

  • have a degree in any subject or equivalent level 6 qualification

  • pass both stages of the SQE assessment

  • [have] two years' full-time (or equivalent) qualifying work experience

  • pass our [the SRA] character and suitability requirements.