Should the US eliminate entry barriers to the practice of law? Perspectives shaped by industry deregulation (Clifford Winston, Quentin Karpilow, Brookings)

States’ requirements that lawyers obtain a license to practice law, as well as American Bar Association (ABA) regulations of legal practice, constitute barriers to entry to the legal profession. Specifically, all but a handful of states require would-be lawyers to graduate from ABA-accredited law schools, and every state except Wisconsin requires them to pass a bar exam

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/05/17-should-the-us-eliminate-entry-barriers-to-the-practice-of-law-winston