Posted on 04/22/2015 1:49:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It is actually good to have germs in small amounts. They help inoculate us from bigger sicknesses. But having too many germs is bad for us.
That philosophy applies equally well to lawyers. Some lawyers are useful, even necessary, such as lawyers who draft wills or contracts between companies or stock offerings (my former profession), federal prosecutors, and those who represent plaintiffs and defendants in legitimate civil lawsuits.
But a lot of lawyers do things that are not so good. In my opinion, the government has too many lawyers. The lawyers at the EPA and the so-called "civil rights" division of the Justice Department harass law-abiding citizens all too often. Many lawyers at non-profits do more harm than good, suing to demand the "right" to other taxpayers' money or suing to prevent development on private property on the flimsiest of environmental grounds. Many lawyers sue companies for phony civil rights violations to shake them down for money, like the obviously bogus charges filed against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins by the adulteress Ellen Pao, who claimed discrimination even though she received $500,000 a year and special treatment from the top boss.
That's why it's with great pleasure that I report that applications to law school are down 50% from 2004 highs, and employment of lawyers has taken a bit hit as well:
Nearly 46,000 people have applied so far to go to an accredited U.S. law school in the most recent admissions cycle, a figure that puts applications on track to hit just short of 53,000 total. By comparison, there were a total of 77,000 applicants in 2010 and 90,000 in 2004, according to the Law School Admission Council. Even top-ranked Harvard Law School witnessed a drop in applications
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
My my, well, just like what is 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea (a good start is the answer), this is a good start.
Maybe some of the ones left will start dying off.
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
One is a bottom-dwelling scum sucker.
The other is a fish.
Why is having even a few lawyers a good thing?
Q: what happens when you give a Lawyer Viagra?
A: he gets taller
Only two good uses for lawyers. The second is compost......
That’s nothing. J schools are down 99%!
Good. Now let’s see if wwe can’t drive them down even more.
“Why is having even a few lawyers a good thing?”
Because we are a nation of laws, not of men.
(Or we used to be.)
Good lawyers are really good for business, as noted in the article. Write clear contracts, resolve disputes, figure out fair allocations of risk, ownership, etc.
Basically they read the back of the box in the board game of life so we don’t have to.
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