It is only experienced sister-state attorneys in California who are denied reciprocal bar admission. And that disparate policy is in the process of being re-examined. The California legislature last year passed SB 1782 endorsing reciprocity, and requesting the California Supreme Court to appoint a task force to make recommendations regarding reciprocity. Those States that have policies denigrating the ability and fitness of sister-state attorneys damage the profession of law in today's cable access society. If American doctors, dentists, and CPA's view themselves as created equal, and do not debase their colleagues, neither should lawyers.
Mutual respect has the reciprocal advantage of facilitating mutual respect.
The compelling need for comity and reciprocal licensing can be further demonstrated by analogy. Assume a lawyer with skills comparable to golfer Tiger Woods. Assume his name is Tiger Cochran or Tiger Spence. It is only the legal profession that has not advanced into the 21 st Century. The MJP task force should endorse these suggested reciprocity proposals because it is the right thing to do, and also because it may be against the law not to do so.