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Roguish Lawyer
02-02-2005, 19:53
On the front page of this month's California Bar Journal, there is a chart showing the growth in the number of members of the California state bar. Here are the numbers:
1928: 9,521
1937: 11,759
1946: 8,245
1957: 18,245
1966: 25,966
1977: 57,505
1987: 106,932
1997: 159,571
2005: 200,155
:eek:
Radar Rider
02-02-2005, 20:30
Can you say "Tort Reform"?
I knew you could. :cool:
NousDefionsDoc
02-02-2005, 20:53
Aids, Al Gore almost President, terrorism and now I'm supposed to deal with this? :rolleyes:
Kyobanim
02-02-2005, 21:36
Hell, I was afraid of the 1929 number.
Does this mean you're going to find respectable work now? :D
Holy Cripes !!!!! .....and I thought Al Queda was bad enough.
I think we should out law Lawyers......
......but then if we do that....only criminals would have Lawyers.......
..........Nevermind.
Roguish Lawyer
02-02-2005, 22:19
Holy Cripes !!!!! .....and I thought Al Queda was bad enough.
I think we should out law Lawyers......
......but then if we do that....only criminals would have Lawyers.......
..........Nevermind.
That's funny!
The drop from 1937 to 1946 is interesting. A good chunk of that perhaps due to WW2?
Nothing to worry about. If the population gets too large, they will begin to eat one another. :D
The drop from 1937 to 1946 is interesting. A good chunk of that perhaps due to WW2?
So then, I think we need another World War.... :munchin
.....either that, or outlaw BMW's in the US.
200K lawyers?? That's it?
Maybe someone needs to put this into perspective but I am sure the NHL has planty of lawyers that are screwing that thing up, and I am not even a fan.
That's why they have a show on television called Las Vegas and not California.
Lawyers. :boohoo Vegas. :lifter
nuff said.
You would think that with that many lawyers here, even if only one percent of them actually had read the Second Amendment, those two thousand would be able to get us some decent carry laws....
Smokin Joe
02-03-2005, 01:57
On the front page of this month's California Bar Journal, there is a chart showing the growth in the number of members of the California state bar. Here are the numbers:
1928: 9,521
1937: 11,759
1946: 8,245
1957: 18,245
1966: 25,966
1977: 57,505
1987: 106,932
1997: 159,571
2005: 200,155
:eek:
No wonder the PRK is jacked up.
Jack Moroney (RIP)
02-03-2005, 06:04
Look on the bright side, when we run out of white rats for medicial experments we always have then next best thing breeding and cloning itself in California.
Jack Moroney
Lawyers: The most hated of professionals -- until you need one!
RL: In all seriousness, how do those break down, i.e. criminal, tort, corporate, divorce(betting that is a big one), tax and those who just have the shingle but don't actively practice law?
I notice that from 1977 the increase is about 4,500 per year. I would guess that this increase coincides with veterans taking advantage of tht G.I. Bill. Also, in a state as large as California, 5K per yearr may not be many. Perhaps the increase in life expectancy has something to do with it. They just aren't dying off fast enough.
I know this was meant to be humorous. Excuse my dreaded cynicism. I have a bad habit of defending unpopular sides of an issue. (Hmm, maybe I should go to law school.) It's more fun than just being a lemming and following the crowd. :D
DoctorDoom
02-04-2005, 08:58
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What's the attorney to total population ratio? I think California has increased significantly in population, certainly since 1928.
35,484,453 total population (est in 2003) to 200,155 lawyers. What's that work out to? about .056% of the population are lawyers?
Goggles Pizano
02-05-2005, 06:56
I was thinking perhaps if the California bar was more difficult you could solve this expansion.
Then again more people could find work driving ambulances! :D
NousDefionsDoc
02-05-2005, 07:02
As opposed to chasing them?
Goggles Pizano
02-05-2005, 08:00
Negative, to give more targets for the new lawyers to chase. ;)
The Reaper
02-05-2005, 09:23
On the front page of this month's California Bar Journal, there is a chart showing the growth in the number of members of the California state bar. Here are the numbers:
1937: 11,759
1946: 8,245
:eek:
Do we have WW II to thank for that anomaly, or is there a better reason, perhaps one that we could employ again?
TR
Roguish Lawyer
02-05-2005, 11:13
I was thinking perhaps if the California bar was more difficult you could solve this expansion.
Then again more people could find work driving ambulances! :D
LOL
Actually, the California Bar is supposedly the most difficult to pass. I believe it has the lowest passage rate, anyway.
Goggles Pizano
02-05-2005, 14:36
RL,
According to HH6 My state, RI, and she believes New York are the top three in difficulty (according to success rates). :lifter Then again that is her best guess.
Roguish Lawyer
02-05-2005, 14:42
RL,
According to HH6 My state, RI, and she believes New York are the top three in difficulty (according to success rates). :lifter Then again that is her best guess.
http://www.4lawschool.com/passage.htm
Goggles Pizano
02-05-2005, 14:45
BWAAAAAAHHHHAA! I'll go give "miss confidence" the bad news! LOL! :p