Also worth noting that practicing law in the US, even today, does not require an undergraduate. That requirement is purely a result of academia being academia

Also worth noting that practicing law in the US, even today, does not require an undergraduate. That requirement is purely a result of academia being academia and eagerly wasting 4 years of people's lives for the sake of not finding a better way to filter people. In most states, to pass the bar, you only need a Juris Doctor which is usually received upon graduating from law school. In some states you don't even need this, and in some others you can skip law school entirely by studying under a judge or practicing attorney[1]. Law, especially in the US, is much more like a trade that accidentally ended up being taught by the universities, instead of a trade school separate from academia. Very similar to medicine in that regard, where again, there is no need for an undergraduate degree to practice medicine. --- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States#Educational_requirement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_Un...