tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post8158340163331842918..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: A Shortage of LawyersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-60174584667054802312008-08-06T10:44:00.000-04:002008-08-06T10:44:00.000-04:00I suggest that one's attitude towards lawyers has ...I suggest that one's attitude towards lawyers has more to do with the type of law that is practiced. The corporate atty is a far cry from the plaintiff's atty. There is even more difference between the two categories when you take into account who it is that said attys actually represent. One can be a lawyer intent on obfuscating an issue in order to shield a dirt bag outfit or individual. One can be a lawyer working diligently, granted for a fee, to out some dirt bag corporation or individual who has been scamming the public.<BR/><BR/>It's like any other field of practice. Our government may be top heavy with the kind of person who sees legal training only as a conduit to power and influence. The influence aspect is probably more the focus of such a life. Influence can be far more lucrative and far less obvious than power. It's no surprise that Washington is awash with so-called<BR/>consultants who can get rich offering nothing more than access to government officials. Too many of those consultancies are owned and operated by former government officials and/or political fund raisers. Most practice a useless to the public kind of law, though they never see the interior of a court room. It is high pay for little effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-12773448197014988972008-08-04T17:18:00.000-04:002008-08-04T17:18:00.000-04:00Of course, Japan has higher taxes, "socialized med...Of course, Japan has higher taxes, "socialized medicine" and a reasonable safety net so that an injured person isn't forced to play the "lawsuit lottery" in order to eat human food and have non-cardboard shelter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-76523648022544430032008-08-01T18:57:00.000-04:002008-08-01T18:57:00.000-04:00Note that what it means to be a lawyer differs in ...Note that what it means to be a lawyer differs in different countries. Thus, at least when I looked into this some years ago, a person in Japan who had not passed the bar exam could nevertheless engage in what in the US would be considered the practice of law. They could work as what we call in-house counsel, i.e., employee legal advisers to business entities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-31437492116770913682008-08-01T07:18:00.000-04:002008-08-01T07:18:00.000-04:00Mell's "Miss Peach" was one of my favorite comic s...Mell's "Miss Peach" was one of my favorite comic strips. One that I photocopied and placed on a wall in my law office decades ago features a banner: "Future Lawyers of America Meet Here." Student Ira was on a dais, addressing his fellow students, one of whom asked: "What do you hope to attain as a lawyer, Ira?" His response:<BR/><BR/>"I hope to make my name a household word in the world of law. In other words, my ambition is to sue every man, woman and child in the United States!!"<BR/><BR/>My caption for this posting was:<BR/><BR/>"THE PENULTIMATE OF CLASS ACTIONS!"Shag from Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312591102812315460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-1378635058675785162008-07-31T16:45:00.000-04:002008-07-31T16:45:00.000-04:00Just a pedantic note on Shakespeare and lawyers.Yo...Just a pedantic note on Shakespeare and lawyers.<BR/><BR/>You are not supposed to approve of "First we kill all the lawyers." You are supposed to be horrified.<BR/><BR/>Law was one of the liberal professions (that is, not clerical, aristocratic, or serf) and was socially respected. <BR/><BR/>It is a low person, Dick the Butcher if I remember right, who proposed killing lawyers to bring about some sort of revolution, an evil conflict with the Divine Order.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the pedanticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-78701076906317031542008-07-31T15:24:00.000-04:002008-07-31T15:24:00.000-04:00But, then, why the effort to increase the numbers ...But, then, why the effort to increase the numbers in the countryside? Shouldn't the country concentrate or reducing them in Tokyo?Michael Perelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585032554768072298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-65806893078313544712008-07-31T11:03:00.000-04:002008-07-31T11:03:00.000-04:00more importantly, the article says that it is the ...more importantly, the article says that it is the poor distribution rather than the lack of lawyers that is the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-77006651621710054872008-07-31T09:45:00.000-04:002008-07-31T09:45:00.000-04:00And the optimum number of economists is...And the optimum number of economists is...Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.com