Many observers have been arguing for decades, that years of training in law school for prospective attorneys and their subsequent bar exams are merely means of keeping practitioners out of the business.
They question whether all the training is necessary in an age when legal precepts can be readily consulted and searched via the internet.
Just before World-War II, many states would not require a formal law degree, in order to take the bar exam. And remember, our most famous lawyers, including Patrick Henry and Abe Lincoln, never went to law school. They “read” law in a lawyer’s office and passed the bar with a test from a local judge.
These days, you can buy vast assortments of routine-application legal forms that are created by lawyers. You still need them for serious work but the demand for their high-priced hands-on efforts is diminished. ( See the Earl J Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)
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