lawyer without the proper education or knowledge. The first step to achieve this was by forming an American Bar Association (ABA), which was accomplished in 1878. Before this there were local Bar Associations, which had neither real ties nor any organization to begin to regulate the practices of lawyers. The Bar Examinations, which are a form of self-control, began to be used as a tool. The ABA struggled to get states to accept this as the entry port in to the legal profession. This is one way in which the profession can regulate who becomes lawyers, the Association would regulate the number of lawyers in the industrial states for there were already a number of lawyers, and they want to keep competition down. This is a fundamental goal of monopolies to eliminate competition.As the Bar Examinations gained power, those wishing to be lawyers realized that they needed to go to school to learn about the tests. One cannot take a test for which they do not know the subject matter. Consequently, the number of law schools increased drastically. The ABA lost control to law schools, the schools are cheap to maintain and kept increasing enrollment, offering part-time school, giving every opportunity for as many aspiring lawyers a chance. After the ABA was unsuccessful and felt like they were losing control they put pressure on the law schools to slow down, but they had no reason to. The next step for the ABA, in trying to monopolize the legal profession was to work with the most rigorous and prestigious schools giving them accreditation.1921 saw the ABA adopt a formal standard way of legal training, teamed up with the Association of American Law School to raise the standards for access to membership. Proving once again unsuccessful the ABA pushed to mandate that all state bars to only accept new lawyers who attended only accredited law schools. This was needed because the attempt at monopolizing was failing because students were not go...
