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I'm referring to compliance/licensing requirements that have little to do with protecting consumers and everything to do with creating barriers of entry. Things like 'mandatory hours of instruction' which in no way translate to useful applicable knowledge. See also real estate broker or bar exams.

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Wait, why do you think the state bar associations, their admission processes, and the requirements that attorneys pass them are bad?

Why do you think they are good? Serious question - would you comfortably hire an attorney based solely on a pass/fail credential?

more poignantly: would you ever hire an attorney who could not pass the bar exam?

That’s apples to oranges. Would you hire a programmer who hadn’t gone to University?

Actually, I would. There are not too many left, but I worked with a couple of people who did not have a college degree. They were certainly competent enough.

Yeah, those are called "regulatory requirements" - they are sort of the backbone in terms of keeping people / consumers / employees safe and sane...

Some regulations help customers. Some regulations hurt customers by protecting incumbents in an industry.

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