Comments on: French lawyers strike http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/french-lawyers-strike/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reformed Republican http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/french-lawyers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-10046 Reformed Republican Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:55:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5688#comment-10046 What would it take to get our lawyers to strike? What would it take to get our lawyers to strike?

]]> By: Supremacy Claus http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/french-lawyers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-10045 Supremacy Claus Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:17:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5688#comment-10045 France has 46,000 lawyers? It has a population of 60 million. Multiply 46,000 by 5, you get, 230,000. With our population of 300 million, we have 1.3 million lawyers. If lawyer employment is threatened with a fifth our per capita lawyer supply, what would happen if notaries sought to divorce people here? France has 46,000 lawyers? It has a population of 60 million.

Multiply 46,000 by 5, you get, 230,000. With our population of 300 million, we have 1.3 million lawyers.

If lawyer employment is threatened with a fifth our per capita lawyer supply, what would happen if notaries sought to divorce people here?

]]> By: Bumper http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/french-lawyers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-10044 Bumper Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:16:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5688#comment-10044 At the very least French lawyers' groups are more honest than their American counterparts: "Lawyers' groups contend the measure would deprive lawyers of an important source of revenues." Apparently it really is about the money. At the very least French lawyers’ groups are more honest than their American counterparts:

“Lawyers’ groups contend the measure would deprive lawyers of an important source of revenues.”

Apparently it really is about the money.

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