Sunday, August 23, 2009

A Troubling Statistic

Law.com posted an article discussing a very disconcerting--yet perhaps, unsurprising--statistic released by Gallup: roughly 25% of Americans currently have a favorable or "positive" view of the legal profession. This finding is particularly troubling given that, as the article notes, "the banking industry--linked to the current foreclosure crisis and our widespread economic woes--ranked higher than lawyers with . . . 28 percent holding a positive image." Unfortunately, common misconceptions seem to drown out any good that lawyers add to the world.

I guess this begs the question of what good fixating on prestige is if the rest of the country does not fixate with you...

2 comments:

  1. Is it common misconceptions drowning out any good that lawyers add to the world, or simply the endless amount of bad?

    You know, I bet the polluters and the discriminators and the Enron fraudsters and the manufacturers of carcinogenic toys like their lawyers very much.

    I guess my question is, are there more "good" lawyers than "bad" lawyers? My guess is no.

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  2. I take it you're a lawyer, Josh?

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