I'll go with the 'straight shooters'.
If it got corrupt from the inside then the cure isn't going to come from there.
Because We NEED More Lawyers!
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If it got corrupt from the inside then the cure isn't going to come from there.
That number is much too generous and, in all likelihood, the real number is considerably lower. Small wonder why so many students filed a lawsuit a few years ago against those phony law schools and their pricey but largely worthless degrees. Too bad the courts threw out those claims even though they had considerable merit.
No need for that. You've obviously got it all figured out and I salute ye for it.
Fewer laws would result in fewer lawyers. The whole point of all those law schools is to keep teachers employed.
I imagine that law schools make money. Rich families, big bucks. So you can see the incentive for law schools to churn out as many as they can. I probably know half a dozen lawyers. Half of them practice law, the others either never got a job in law or quit soon after articling. The couple lawyers I know who never practiced law are pretty successful though. Not a bad degree to have heading out into the big bad world. And of course, if you're a lawyer, there's always politics. Although these days the people seem to prefer TV personalities for politicians (take a bow, Mike, Duffy, Pamela Wallin, Michaelle Jean and Adrienne Clarkson).
They should take a hint from the doctors. The American Medical Assocation controls the number of seats in medical schools. The ABA does no such thing.
The boom's over, though. Now it's all about coding.
Perhaps for good reason. In Canada, it is similar, but we subsidize our public education system to a greater degree, probably. I don't know what it takes to train a physician, but I bet half a mil isn't far off. Physicians are trained, not educated. Theya re trained to be doctors. Lawyers, on the other hand, have a plethora of options available to them other than practicing law, and I don't imagine the taxpayer invenstment in their education is as great.
What I would support is ABA accreditation of schools though, to ensure that the school itself is maintaing a program capable of graduating competent lawyers. Do they have anything like that?
Yep. The ABA accredits law schools, and most states require a law degree from an ABA-accredited school for a person to sit for the bar exam and be licensed.
California is the notable exception.
What's the old adage. Something like 1 lawyer in small town would die of poverty.. 2 lawyers in a small town would become rich.