American legal training shifted from apprenticeship and open admission to selective academic schooling.
Evidence
The current emphasis on academic studies in a university setting marks a departure from the nation’s first century, when apprenticeship was the most common form of legal training. Until well into the twentieth century, graduation from college was not a requirement for law school—indeed, some law schools accepted students who did not even have high-school diplomas—and some graduated students after as little as a single year of study. Only recently has admission to law school become fiercely competitive. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1194
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to broader histories of professionalization that raised entry barriers and reshaped who could become a lawyer. — connects to: Bar accreditation pushed out part-time law schools and black law schools. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 653; Before 1900 most American lawyers learned law by apprenticeship, not law school — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 642; Law-school training and strict bar admission are recent American developments — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 972 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Before 1900 most American lawyers learned law by apprenticeship, not law school
#corroborates(0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 642 - Law-school training and strict bar admission are recent American developments
#corroborates(0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 972 - University-based law schooling replaced apprenticeship only within the last century
#corroborates(0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1194 - Early nineteenth-century lawyers trained by apprenticeship, not formal schooling
#corroborates(0.90) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1261