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> Why is it bad that in order to automatically generate binding legal documents, someone involved needs to be educated in the subtleties of legal language? I w
by tjic 18y ago
> Why is it bad that in order to automatically generate binding legal documents, someone involved needs to be educated in the subtleties of legal language?
I wouldn't put up a huge stink if the law was "you must pass the bar exam".
However, the law is "you must attend 3 years of law school".
> These laws do not exist solely to frustrate you
Agreed. They exist to decrease the supply of lawyers, thus increasing the price that lawyers can demand.
Frustrating me is just a side effect.
- prospero 18y agoI know a fair number of newly-minted laywers, and my understanding is that most of the concrete material tested in the bar exam is taught in the summer following graduation from law school. Law school is largely concerned with abstract concepts that are important, but more difficult to test. I sympathize with your frustration, but the reason for the prerequisites could just as easily be that they don't believe they can create a test which properly encompasses everything a lawyer should know. Also, at least in San Francisco, the job market seems to be saturated with lawyers, even before the economy went south.
- MaysonL 18y agoHowever, the law is "you must attend 3 years of law school". Actually, there are still a few states where you can join the bar after clerking for a number of years and passing the bar exam. See, for example: http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/licensing/faq-rule6.htm http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/licensing/faq-rule6.htm