Washington Supreme Court Rules That Bar Exam No Longer A Requirement To Practice Law, Cites Impact On “Marginalized Groups”

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[–]Alienhunter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The libertarian part of me doesn't have a problem with this.

I agree there's a need for a Bar and I don't much like this decision but the Bar is essentially a kind of lawyer cartel that decides who can and cannot be lawyers so removing that requirement and allowing anyone to practice law is a more free way of doing things even if the end result is going to be a bunch of retards practicing law.

[–]Alan_Crowe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This is open to the objection that a free system depends on creating and sharing knowledge of which lawyers are competent. But knowledge is a public good, so it tends to be under produced by free market systems. You hope to find a competent lawyer for your own case, but are disappointed to find that lawyer ratings are hard to come by. Here are three alternatives:

Status Quo: Government attempts to checks who is competent with a bar exam and a disciplinary tribunal for lawyers. The results are not just published they are enforced. If you have an official black mark against your name, you are forbidden from practicing.

Information Only: Government attempts to checks who is competent with a bar exam and a disciplinary tribunal for lawyers. The results are merely published, not enforced. If you don't trust the Government, you can still chose to be represented by a lawyer with a Government black mark against the name.

Taxation funds competing certification authorities: The Government funds Bar-A, Bar-B, Bar-C. That results in inefficient duplication. It offers the public weak protection. A lawyer who fails the Bar-A exam can still pass the Bar-B exam and get to practise. On the other hand, the Bar council is no longer a power honey pot attracting wasps. If Bar-A abuses its authority, the public will lose confidence and trust Bar-B.

There are untested alternatives in the space between raw government power leading to abuse and market mechanisms under producing public goods.

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Publishing the results but not enforcing them seems like the best way to me.

[–]Alan_Crowe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would also like "Published but not enforced" for the FDA. I would love to have information on drugs that wasn't funded by drug companies. And I would love to be able to ignore it if it got corrupted somehow.

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

DEI strikes again. Public Schools say Algebra impacts "Marginalized Groups" and get rid of it for CRT.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Opus Dei

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Surprising. So they say the bar exam is too difficult for blacks to pass? Of course but I already assumed they were just letting them. We have a Lot of black lawyers like fani Willis who can't read or write or talk normal. But the bar association is a guild, named for the Hebrew word meaning son of, it's graded on a curve and you can't get your test back to make sure they graded you correctly. I'm sure many white men pass it but are told they failed. I'm not sure about this story and what their end game is.

[–]HiddenFox 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just like the SATs... oh wait looks like they have already back tracked on this one. They will do the same when some low life gets convicted but then let off based on their lawyer not being qualified.

[–]Titanic 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Are retards a marginalized group?

[–]YoMamma 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Historically marginalized groups in this case include low income law students (of every skin color) who have difficulty finding time to study for exams while working full-time. A decent resource on this here. I don't like it, but the new options seem to be rigorous.

[–]ID10T 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Get a load of this clown ^

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why is the solution to always lower standards rather than educate minorities? The system was already a completely corrupt circus with blatantly corrupt DAs refusing to prosecute antifa and blm terrorists. This is just par for the course. In 10 years 90% of lawyers are going to be replaced by GPTs anyway

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When are they going to allow people without medical dregrees to practice medicine?

[–]Alan_Crowe 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

When they work out how to get good doctors for themselves, while letting bad doctors mistreatment ordinary people, and not get caught.