You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern

Re:You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern by grumple on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:32PM (#32088381)

I would do law school online, but guess what? It still costs $70k a year to do a JD that's almost entirely online. The cost is really absurd. I feel that way about all higher education, but especially about JDs. Cheaper learning platforms are the future.

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Re:You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern by Ekaros on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:48PM (#32088557)

I really don't understand logic behind that price other than we can just charge that much. Material doesn't change that much, I doubt the ratio of staff to students need to be very low either... No special or expensive equipment is needed either...

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Re:You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern by edmcnulty101 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:13PM (#32089394)

It's because this profession is regulated by the government. So the prices skyrocket. This happens with any thing regulated by the government. A liquor license in CA can run up to $300,000 dollars. Health insurance is insanely expensive. The more automobile regulation, the more the price goes up.

Regulation is a double edge sword.

They make a thing safer but then the increased cost excludes a lot of people from using the thing until typically only the rich are able to enjoy a thing.

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Re:You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern by etc-hosts on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:50PM (#32091440)

I wish the government would regulate my health insurance a lot harder.

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Re:You can‘t take the Bar exam if your laptop is too modern by edmcnulty101 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:13PM (#32100312)

You could always just give your money to the insurance company. I'm sure they would appreciate it.

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