- In 2003, the number of lawyers in the US surpassed 1 million.
The lawyers of the 27 EU countries and 10 other European nations are represented by an organization called The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). Russia does not participate in this cooperation, but still the total population of the countries this organization draws its members from is well over 600 million, more than twice the population of the US.
According to CCBE, there are around 700 000 lawyers, all in all, in these 37 European countries.
If Europe truly is a place where anyone can sue anyone else in a ‘frivolous manner’, how come the US needs more lawyers than we Europeans do?
Are our lawyers more productive?
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I sure hope so... : )
The stats are misleading. Although many retain their licenses, the majority of U.S. lawyers quit practicing within five years of graduating from law school. For example, the majority of all law students today are women. Mommy track will hit within a few years of graduating from law school...most will never return to practicing law full-time. For males, many will take jobs in a corporate environment or start up their own businesses. They'll keep their licenses but really aren't engaged in the practice of law.
In Europe there are "other" professions doing what lawyers do here ~ for example, there are these guys who carry around machineguns ~ Italy uses them instead of Certified Public Accountants to help people decide what taxes to pay (and that also leaves one lawyer unemployed for each CPO saved, proving that a machinegun is definitely worth two professional thieves every single time).
Well, I am a billing machine ;-) (I walk with angels, I defend businesses from guys like Edwards)
As for the Templar cross worn by the guys plaing kickball, maybe it's me, but I think we are way overdue for another Crusade. I hope it does offend them.