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I think this is the same question of "Why isn't there a bar exam for medical doctors". "Being qualified" for software requires nothing less than hands-on traini
by slashblake 9y ago
I think this is the same question of "Why isn't there a bar exam for medical doctors". "Being qualified" for software requires nothing less than hands-on training.
Until software moves to more apprenticeships/residencies, I'm afraid we stuck in this "infancy" of a field.
- jsgoller1 9y agoThere are "bar exams" for medical doctors - they take four rounds of USMLE board exams before getting an MD.
- hkmurakami 9y agoMedicine requires board exams.
- slashblake 9y agoSorry, you cannot just take a board exam and start practicing medicine. Law, you can.
- hkmurakami 9y agoYou cannot take the bar without either (1) law school, or (2) Law study (apprenticeship). https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/misc/legal_education/ComprehensiveGuidetoBarAdmissions/2017_comp_guide_web.authcheckdam.pdf https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/mis... http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/08/02/states_that_allow_bar_exams_without_law_degrees_require_apprenticeships.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/08/02/state...
- Turing_Machine 9y agoNor 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-law-school/ https://priceonomics.com/how-to-be-a-lawyer-without-going-to...