Clerkship apprenticeship doubled as a bar admission control device

Evidence

For the rest, the road to the bar went through some form of clerkship or apprenticeship. A young man who wanted to be a lawyer might enter a contract, with some practicing lawyer. The student paid a fee; in exchange, the lawyer promised to train him in the law. Sometimes, too, the lawyer would provide food and lodging. Apprenticeship was a control device as well as a way of learning the trade. It kept the bar small; it kept older lawyers in firm command. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 531

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: University-based law schooling replaced apprenticeship only within the last century — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1194; Law-school training and strict bar admission are recent American developments — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 972; Loose bar admission made law a channel of upward mobility — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1816

Broader Connections

• Law-school training and strict bar admission are recent American developments #qualifies (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 972
• Loose bar admission made law a channel of upward mobility #complicates (0.78) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1816
• University-based law schooling replaced apprenticeship only within the last century #qualifies (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1194