Social promotion through schools/college probably.
They hear and see many words without really knowing
their definitions or learning how to use them.
These folks have never learned to think logically or
to construct a sentence to express a thought or idea.
I've seen this in many people.
To be fair from what I’ve read the CA bar examine is a bitch.
She is “inactive” now with the CA bar. See https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/146672
Pretty sure I got the correct record. But her name is not completely uncommon. If some Freeper could verify I’d appreciate.