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.
