I'm not sure I agree that we have so many lawyers because the work is there. The way it appears to me, we have so many lawyers because the practice of law was seen as a fast-track to wealth, and then it became necessary to create the litigious society to make enough work to go around. If the supply of lawyers didn't exceed the supply of legitimate legal work, there wouldn't be half as many ambulance-chasers.


Oh, I should also have added, I'm pleased the proportion of frivolous suits is so small in NH. It coincides well with my impression of most NH folks as basically pretty level-headed and self-reliant. California, on the other hand ... fer cryin' out loud, it seems like people sue at the drop of a hat there.