Allowing Hagrid to do Magic Openly (WAS: Hagrid's innocence)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 56000

Janet Anderson wrote: 

> But you don't have to finish your Hogwarts education (or even 
> start one) to have a wand. 

and Izaskun responded: 

> Right, all Hogwarts students have a wand, but they can't use it 
> outside school. I think you have to be a fully trained wizard/witch 
> to be allowed to use your wand in the real world. And Hagrid is 
> not. 

Now me:

I came across the following interview segment just now that I think 
at least partially addresses this issue:

Q: "Since Hagrid's name was cleared in Book 2, will he ever be 
allowed to do magic openly again?"

JKR: "He is allowed. He has been allowed to do magic openly ever 
since he became a teacher but because he was never fully trained his 
magic is never going to be what it should be. He is always going to 
be a bit inept."

and the link:

http://www.swns.com/vaults/rowling.htm

This still doesn't answer the question of why he doesn't have a wand, 
though.  Presumably if he's allowed to do magic openly, he should be 
allowed to have a wand with which to conduct that magic.  

IIRC, there are no more references to the flowery pink umbrella after 
book 2.  So perhaps he does have a wand now, but we've just never 
seen it.  Or perhaps the flowery pink umbrella works just fine for 
the "inept" magic he can perform with only 3 years of magical 
education.

~Phyllis