02-02-2005, 19:53
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Consigliere
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I am going to scare you now
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
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02-02-2005, 20:30
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Guerrilla Chief
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Can you say "Tort Reform"?
I knew you could. 
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02-02-2005, 20:53
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Quiet Professional
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Aids, Al Gore almost President, terrorism and now I'm supposed to deal with this? 
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02-02-2005, 21:36
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Hell, I was afraid of the 1929 number.
Does this mean you're going to find respectable work now? 
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02-02-2005, 22:03
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Area Commander
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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.
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02-02-2005, 22:19
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Consigliere
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Originally Posted by Sdiver
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.
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That's funny!
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02-02-2005, 22:34
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The drop from 1937 to 1946 is interesting. A good chunk of that perhaps due to WW2?
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02-02-2005, 22:41
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Area Commander
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Nothing to worry about. If the population gets too large, they will begin to eat one another.
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02-02-2005, 23:11
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Area Commander
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Originally Posted by 12B4S
The drop from 1937 to 1946 is interesting. A good chunk of that perhaps due to WW2?
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So then, I think we need another World War.... 
.....either that, or outlaw BMW's in the US.
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02-02-2005, 23:44
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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.  Vegas. 
nuff said.
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02-03-2005, 00:44
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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....
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02-03-2005, 01:57
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Area Commander
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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
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
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No wonder the PRK is jacked up.
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02-03-2005, 06:04
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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
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02-03-2005, 08:54
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Quiet Professional
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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?
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02-03-2005, 09:01
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Quiet Professional
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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.
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