ABA's "experience based" dues structure is also discriminatory against older lawyers, because it generally imposes higher dues for members who have been in practice longer. Lawyers with less than five years of experience are charged only $75. Lawyers with 20 or more years of experience (except for government or non-profit lawyers, judges, solo and small firm practitioners) are charged $450 for no greater member benefits. The discriminatory rates are not tied to economic justifications, as the median starting pay for new lawyers working in law firms at the start of 2019 was $155,000 ABA's own Model Rule 8.4(g) provides that it is professional misconduct for practicing lawyers, in the course of bar association activities, to engage in discrimination based on age