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I'm not so comfortable with making a similar statement about medicine because the rites of passage are implicitly set by government regulation rather than market forces. It's not as if I can start-up a certification program for high-end health professionals which will compete with the AMA's MD designations.

I understand what you're trying to say, but I think this applies to law as well as medicine. The ABA has government-granted privileges, too.

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You are absolutely right. I thought about that last night after I wrote this post. In retrospect, I hadn't considered it because (1) the overall level of education required by the ABA is so much less than that required by for a physician (3 years of grad school vs. four years of med school + an internship/residency) and (2) it's much easier to go to law school part-time or in mid-career. Part-time medical schools are few and far between.

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