Raghu writes: >> This is truly rich coming from a lawyer. Lawyers, of course, are >> members of a professional cartel (The Bar) which, just like any union >> is out to fight exclusively for the interests of its members. Somehow >> I think you would not be in favor of getting rid of licensing >> requirements to practice law. >> >> The free market is great except when it affects your own paycheck, right? >> -raghu.
Am I the only one on this list who remembers what I write? From July 31, 2008: "Raghu asks: >> How come the lawyers don't do as the doctors do and restrict their >> numbers to ensure high salaries for all of them? Lawyers are extremely adept at restricting their numbers. The pratice of law by individuals who are not members of the bar is strictly prohibited in all 50 states, and the "practice of law" is extremely broad. As a practical matter, the ability to become a lawyer through an apprenticeship has been eliminated, so to become a lawyer, you must go to and pay for law school for three years. Almost all states require that the law schools be ABA approved, and since the APA has a lot of expensive requirements for its approval, the number of law schools is limited which artificially raises the price of law school. If you graduate law school, you have to pass the bar, which is a difficult test that winnows out a significant portion of the law school graduates. And then if you pass the bar, you are only admitted to that state, which protects in-state lawyers from competition from lawyers from other states. Since I made it through the system, I now fully support it. David Shemano" Since many on this list might have humor deficiency syndrome, the last sentence should not be taken literally. David Shemano _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
