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What you have to do to pass the bar, even now, is extremely basic by lawyer standards. It's the floor.

It is not like a programming whiteboard interview. It's a test that you study for, learning basic legal concepts, and knowing exactly the range of topics that are going to be on the test. I know many disagree, but in my opinion you need those basic legal concepts to practice law well.

Everyone likes to say "well what if I just want to do family law?" No. You should still have to know the basics of law, because many of these issues will come up in your time as a lawyer, regardless of your area of practice. This is not advanced stuff, and it is not at all unfair to say that every lawyer should have a basic understanding of it.

Bad lawyers make everyone's job harder, and make every case more expensive for clients on both sides. If you think legal cases are expensive now, just wait until they relax the licensing requirements.