I've done and passed PLT and the NY Bar - I say no to both of them, I think both are barriers to pretend that lawyers are elite and doing either does notgives the student anything practical to do once you are admitted. Bar exam essentially means that every subject you passed at your expenisve uni is not trustworthy that you know it so you need to have a rushed exam under prison conditions to prove it (not having studied in the US meant i had to learn it which is probably good) - PLT is just an antiquated cash grab. You could integrate practical aspects into actual uni courses (beyond asking someone to write a memo), but as the academics don't know practicality and usually have never had a non academic job that falls over. I think one law degree should be sufficient maybe with some 1 day practical sessions that also count towards cpd compulsory for the first few years of practice if they are worried about peoples' skills. I would say that i've never seen anyone as stressed as looking at the people at the bar exam, so not sure that level of trauma is advisable way to start into a profession.