FL Bar Survey: Too Many Lawyers

[JayBird]

I honestly never thought I'd hear lawyers say that there are too many lawyers ...

From today's JBJ:

Many Florida lawyers think the most serious problem the legal profession faces today is too many lawyers.
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/02/24/florida-lawyers-worry-about-a-surplus.html?full=true

[ben says]

Not so sure, I've been hearing it for at least 2 decades.

There are a lot of lawyers, and yeah, maybe too many. I will say that the profession of late is dwindling, if you're looking at law school and bar application numbers. By virtue of polls like these + the media, almost by inertia younger potential lawyers are looking to other professions for work.

[mtraininjax]

There are never too many good Lawyers, but there are always too many bad ones. Same goes for Realtors.

[ben says]

There are never too many good Lawyers, but there are always too many bad ones. Same goes for Realtors.

And a lot of other professions. 

[fsquid]

I've had 3 lawyer neighbors move to other states because of the supply down here.

[coredumped]

Sounds like it will work itself out - supply and demand.

But I'll be very happy when this guy is off the TV/Radio every 5 minutes:


Sadly it looks like his kids are taking over the legacy of being obnoxious....

[southsider1015]

I honestly never thought I'd hear lawyers say that there are too many lawyers ...

From today's JBJ:

Many Florida lawyers think the most serious problem the legal profession faces today is too many lawyers.
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/02/24/florida-lawyers-worry-about-a-surplus.html?full=true

That's great news!  We need more doctors, nurses, engineers, skilled tradesmen, and technicians. 

[WmNussbaum]

According to the article, all of 1,000 lawyers took the survey. The Florida Bar website reports 98,217 licensed lawyers as of January of this year. I doubt that the ones responding to the survey represent a fair cross section of membership. I also wonder if there is an overabundance of labor lawyers, elder law lawyers, Legal Aid Association/poverty lawyers, and so on.

Is there an overabundance of lawyers whose obnoxious advertising fills television, billboards, and the sides of busses that wind through the city? Darn tootin'.

[ChriswUfGator]

There must be too many lawyers, and I'm not being sarcastic. A kid I graduated school with came to my office selling t-mobile phone plans door to door, presumably on commission. I asked him wtf happened, said he couldn't find a job. That's not normal. It's rather a hard-fought dollar these days. Whoever thinks they're going into this for the money ought to think twice.