If a huge increase in the number of lawyers per capita resulted in a reduction in the cost of legal services, then the US would have the lowest cost legal services in history because they have the highest number of
lawyers per capita in history.
If a very high number of lawyers per capita would bring down the cost of legal services, then the US would have the lowest cost legal services in history because they have the highest number of
lawyers per capita in history.
In fact, the US has the most
lawyers per capita in the world and, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are twice as many new lawyers as there are jobs.
They have the highest number of
lawyers per capita in history.
Not exact matches
Did you know: Washington, DC has a higher concentration of
lawyers per capita than any other city
in America, with one
lawyer for every 19 residents.
There are so many stupid jurisdictional overlaps of fractured and detailed regulatory authorities
in the US that it supports the world's highest
per -
capita population of
lawyers and environmental consultants.
The general practitioner is disappearing and the
per capita number of
lawyers in private practice has been decreasing for decades.
Too many
lawyers per capita inevitably results
in a driving up of demand for legal (especially litigation) services.
Also note that the number of self - represented litigants has risen
in lock - step with the rise
in the number of
lawyers per capita, and that the increase
in the former is the direct result of the increase of the latter.
Instead, the benchers have created a system that will dump hordes of new
lawyers onto the public
in the post-call period despite, thanks to the American Petri dish next door, the clear evidence that having far too many
lawyers per capita produces an increasingly costly and dysfunctional legal system.
There are four points at which an optimum number of
lawyers per capita can be determined
in the best interests of the public.
It also suggests that there is already a sufficiency of
lawyer - producing ventures
in the province and
in a stupid comparison tells its readers that we have 30 times the number of
lawyers that Japan has,
per capita.
After first - and second - ranked Washington and New York, the highest
per capita numbers of
lawyers are
in:
On the other hand, perhaps I failed and the sarcasm did not come through because of course Canadians
lawyers are smarter and more capable than everybody
in other jurisdictions which have more law schools
per capita.
The third is when the Law Society uses,
in the best interests of the public, a needs and market driven process to calibrate an optimum balance of
lawyers per capita.
The report proposes that the École du Barreau, which administers bar exams
in the province, enforce stricter quotas aimed at reducing the
per -
capita lawyer population by 19
per cent, to 275
lawyers per 100,000 residents — a healthier balance that can already be found
in Alberta.
The two most recently accredited law schools are both located
in North Carolina, which the article notes has the fewest
lawyers per capita of any state.
As we approach the number of
lawyers per capita that exists
in the US, we will approach their disaster of a litigation system.
(2) With the prodigious increase
in the number of students being admitted to the law schools, several of whom have increased
in size including Ottawa which more than doubled
in size and it was already the second largest school
in Ontario, we have seen a great increase
in the number of
lawyers doing litigation
per capita.
Even if the firm only has one
lawyer practicing
in a particular area, the library needs to support that
lawyer's practice, increasing
per capita spending significantly.
Another part of the solution is to do sensible actuarial studies to determine an optimum number of
lawyers per capita — neither too few (China) nor too many (the US and now Canada thanks to the frenzy of graduations
in the last 18 years).
And Britain has more
lawyers per capita than most countries
in the world.