When will you think the bar exam will be the limiting factor for practice? Forum

[Anonymous User]

As in, no BA or JD required? My guess is sometime within my lifetime (50-70 years). Everyone agrees, the work is child's play. We don't need a BA/JD requirement to filter out for work ethics/pseudo-intelligence test if the bar exam already does that. Not to mention none of the above resemble practice anyways.

We already got rid of the LSAT requirement (side note: imagine getting rid of the MCAT -- would never happen, and for good reason). Whens the JD/BA reqs next?

[Anonymous User]

As in, no BA or JD required? My guess is sometime within my lifetime (50-70 years). Everyone agrees, the work is child's play. We don't need a BA/JD requirement to filter out for work ethics/pseudo-intelligence test if the bar exam already does that. Not to mention none of the above resemble practice anyways.

We already got rid of the LSAT requirement (side note: imagine getting rid of the MCAT -- would never happen, and for good reason). Whens the JD/BA reqs next?

When our society stops caring about 1) needing a BA to get a decent job and 2) being able to flash fancy elite school names on a diploma. So never.

[Anonymous User]

Dude, diploma privilege is the future. The bar exam is a dead man walking.

[Anonymous User]

The closest thing to this is states allowing non lawyers to own firms. Might become full partners doing legal work but officially law signs off.

[Anonymous User]

The closest thing to this is states allowing non lawyers to own firms. Might become full partners doing legal work but officially law signs off.

Kirkland IPO when?

[Anonymous User]

As in, no BA or JD required? My guess is sometime within my lifetime (50-70 years). Everyone agrees, the work is child's play. We don't need a BA/JD requirement to filter out for work ethics/pseudo-intelligence test if the bar exam already does that. Not to mention none of the above resemble practice anyways.

We already got rid of the LSAT requirement (side note: imagine getting rid of the MCAT -- would never happen, and for good reason). Whens the JD/BA reqs next?

When our society stops caring about 1) needing a BA to get a decent job and 2) being able to flash fancy elite school names on a diploma. So never.

Preference has nothing to do with a legal requirement. Businesses aren't legally required to hire people with BAs.

[Anonymous User]

The closest thing to this is states allowing non lawyers to own firms. Might become full partners doing legal work but officially law signs off.

CA already got rid of the JD req. Not sure if there's a BA req, but my guess is this is the closest (yet).

[Anonymous User]

As in, no BA or JD required? My guess is sometime within my lifetime (50-70 years). Everyone agrees, the work is child's play. We don't need a BA/JD requirement to filter out for work ethics/pseudo-intelligence test if the bar exam already does that. Not to mention none of the above resemble practice anyways.

We already got rid of the LSAT requirement (side note: imagine getting rid of the MCAT -- would never happen, and for good reason). Whens the JD/BA reqs next?

When our society stops caring about 1) needing a BA to get a decent job and 2) being able to flash fancy elite school names on a diploma. So never.

Preference has nothing to do with a legal requirement. Businesses aren't legally required to hire people with BAs.

Sure, but good luck advancing in most professional/office jobs without one. My point is that in a society that keeps pushing the idea that everyone needs a BA to succeed in their jobs, no one has any appetite for going backwards on degree requirements. There is no reason at all to think that law is going to move away from requiring a BA and JD - like someone said above, you're more likely to get rid of the bar exam. Law used to require only a LLB, now you need the advanced degree, there are tons of people and institutions invested in the importance of going to law school. There's no way anyone's getting rid of degree requirements. Getting rid of the LSAT is much more consistent with getting rid of the bar exam than degree requirements.