https://windypundit.com/2019/04/the-software-engineers-bar-exam/ Classical liberalism, criminal laws, the war on drugs, economics, free speech, technology, photography, sex work, cats, and whatever else comes to mind. Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://windypundit.com/2019/04/the-software-engineers-bar-exam/#comment-34444 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:55:20 +0000 https://windypundit.com/?p=12306#comment-34444 I don’t really know about the bar exam, I can only go by what I hear. Obviously, learning new things is always cool and often useful, but I’m not sure it makes sense to test people on things they won’t be using. Especially since, unlike the bar exam, the people doing the hiring know the specifics of the job. It would be like trying to find lawyers to do a business merger and then interviewing them about the rules of evidence. Also, in software development, you can learn a lot of things when and if you need them: If I need to calculate transitive closure on a graph, I can google it. On the other hand, if law school is supposed to teach you to “think like a lawyer” then algorithms are an example of thinking like a programmer.

]]> https://windypundit.com/2019/04/the-software-engineers-bar-exam/#comment-34443 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:11:48 +0000 https://windypundit.com/?p=12306#comment-34443 I actually think lawyers are better off for having a basic understanding of areas of law that are outside of their wheelhouse. Often clients have issues that come up that may be outside of one’s normal practice. A good lawyer can issue spot, advise the client, and help the client decide whether they need to retain additional counsel. Law schools require all students to take certain basic classes and the bar requires a lawyer to be moderately conversant in a number of areas of law. Lawyers cram for two months, take the exam and then focus on their practice areas. Everybody is better off because of this IMHO.

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