There's a big difference between graduating from law school and being a licensed attorney. What they need is a way to verify a user's identity and cross-check

There's a big difference between graduating from law school and being a licensed attorney. What they need is a way to verify a user's identity and cross-check that against bar members in that user's state, which is a matter of public record. Having a badge for the state(s) that user is licensed to practice law in would be useful information as well, as many issues of law differ state-to-state.