Bankruptcy lawyer argues for Right To Work. Clever.

[Ed Suspicious]

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[Downwinder]

1. Under WI Right to work will Lawyers have

to pay Bar Association dues? And be members of the Bar.

[elleng]

3. Yes, otherwise they wouldn't be members of the Bar.

[Downwinder]

6. They have to be a member of the bar to work.

Closed shop?

[elleng]

7. Yes. Guilds,

without which one may not practice law/represent clients before a state's courts.

[Downwinder]

8. All States now require an ABA accredited degree to take the Bar exam?

[elleng]

10. Each state has it's own Bar association and exam.

Many law schools are accredited by the American Bar Association.

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/accreditation.html

Re: Law schools:

A total of 205 institutions are ABA-approved: 204 confer the first degree in law (the J.D. degree); the other ABA approved school is the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School, which offers an officer's resident graduate course, a specialized program beyond the first degree in law. Four of the 205 law schools are provisionally approved.

Provisionally Approved Law Schools (+):

+Belmont University College of Law
+University of La Verne College of Law
+Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law
+University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth

Law Schools on Probation (**):

None

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/aba_approved_law_schools.html

Some are not ABA accredited.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/articles/2012/12/17/weigh-the-benefits-disadvantages-of-attending-a-non-aba-law-school

[Downwinder]

11. Better keep those States who do not require ABA accreditation around

otherwise the ABA will have a national monopoly.

Still looks like a closed shop. AFL-CIO wet dream.

[elleng]

12. It is kind of a 'closed shop,'

but not a monopoly, which means 'the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.' Each state+ hands out its approval of individuals, to join the guild, differently.

[Downwinder]

13. So, why would they not be affected by a "Right to Work" Law?

Other than to be explicitly exempted.

[elleng]

14. 'They' who? Lawyers?

Lawyers work for millions of employers, including for themselves, and must be 'certified' as suitable to work, via their states' Bar exam and process. They may or may not be required to pay fees to their state's Bar certifier, to maintain their eligibility to practice law.

If you're suggesting that lawyers would not be required to so pay, if 'right to work' law were adopted by their states, many might be glad of that except that they/we need someone to tell clients and employers that we are, in fact, suitably educated and informed, and legitimate, like doctors.

[Downwinder]

15. Apprentice, Journeyman, Master all came from the Guild system.

As did the labor movement. They were labor qualifications before they were governmental designations.

[midnight]

5. I wonder why all other organization related to work collect fees, and that's alright, but labor is

considered thuggish?

[elleng]

2. GREAT WORK, Mr. Murray!!!

Only Stephen Colbert might have said it better!!!

[Scuba]

4. "Send a clear message that Wisconsin in open for bankruptcy."

[June KAR]

9. pretty good

nice one!

[AllyCat]

16. This man made my day. They won't listen, but at least we got a laugh.