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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, some states don’t even require law school.

FWIW, I’m an attorney.  Law school did not teach me how to actually practice law. I had no classes in client consultations, deposition prep, depositions, mother drafting, drafting and reviewing discovery, preparing settlement agreements or retainers, etc.

I assure you that going to law school does not assure competence. It assures a standard amount of basic general legal knowledge but really nothing more than that. [/quote]

But you still have to pass the bar.[/quote]

Not sure how that answers the competency question, but yes. A new lawyer has had zero training in the actual practice of law. [/quote]

It's a minimum. You should be able to meet some standard. Should airline pilots have to show they can fly a plane or not? As someone mentioned, should we eliminate the driving test? A passing score on the road test does not prove that you're a good driver, just that you understand the minimum of how to actually drive a car and the rules of the road.

I feel we will come full circle with testing. SOLs or common core tests were put in place to make sure that students of all schools, poor or not receive the same education and that teachers are actually teaching a set forth curriculum.

The TJ test is no different. It is a minimum bar.[/quote]

NP: I think tests are important but the TJ test is not a minimum bar. If students needed to achieve a minimum score on the test to be considered for admissions your analogy would work. That may be the solution for TJ and the SATs for college admissions. What is the minimum score to succeed (B avg?) at TJ? What is the minimum SAT score for Ivies, top 30, flagship state school, etc.?[/quote]

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