This has been an issue for years. My brother, upon receiving his masters from UC Berkeley, had 2 part time jobs at the university. His undergrad degree was architecture, his grad degree was landscape architecture. He was unable to get a job with local architecture firms… although one offered to let him work there for free. (You need to work under a registered architect for some number of hours/years before you can start taking the exams to get registered yourself.) He kept his two part time jobs because they paid the rent. They were funded differently, though… So even though he was working 50+ hours per week, he was considered part time and did not qualify for benefits. This was in the 80’s. Since he was a cancer survivor (Had melenoma while an undergrad) he was uninsurable on the private market.

Eventually he was able to get a job with a licensed architect – and get paid and insurance. But he is an example of someone who would have benefited from the change in the law.