Re:Ask HN: What obstacles stand in the way for a “bar exam” ...
by jsgoller1 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @06:46PM
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There are "bar exams" for medical doctors - they take four rounds of USMLE board exams before getting an MD.
Re:Ask HN: What obstacles stand in the way for a “bar exam” ...
by hkmurakami on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @06:47PM
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Medicine requires board exams.
Re:Ask HN: What obstacles stand in the way for a “bar exam” ...
by slashblake on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:00PM
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Sorry, you cannot just take a board exam and start practicing medicine. Law, you can.
Re:Ask HN: What obstacles stand in the way for a “bar exam” ...
by Turing_Machine on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:50PM
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Nor can you do that in law, other than a very few states, all of which require a lengthy, documented apprenticeship with a practicing lawyer. It's not just a matter of walking in off the street cold and taking the exam.
In 2014, 60 apprentices took the bar exam (out of 83,963 total examinees). 17 passed.
Almost all states do require law school nowadays, and you don't have a prayer of getting reciprocity to practice in another state without it.
https://priceonomics.com/how-to-be-a-lawyer-without-going-to...
Re:Ask HN: What obstacles stand in the way for a “bar exam” ...
by hkmurakami on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:46PM
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You cannot take the bar without either (1) law school, or (2) Law study (apprenticeship).
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/mis...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/08/02/state...
Until software moves to more apprenticeships/residencies, I'm afraid we stuck in this "infancy" of a field.