In Sunday's Parade Magazine, Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered up his take on the question of whether there are too many lawyers in the US:
You’ve said that there are too many lawyers in the U.S. Why do you think that?
I don’t mean to criticize lawyers, just the need for so many lawyers. Lawyers don’t dig ditches or build buildings. When a society requires such a large number of its best minds to conduct the unproductive enterprise of the law, something is wrong with the legal system.
Read more at: http://www.parade.com/hot-topics/intelligence-report/archive/too-many-lawyers