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Re: Report: N.C. needs more lawyers

FFC1304 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:39:03 -0500

I believe that NC has FAR TOO MANY loiwyers, and most of them suck. I cannot even get a return phone call on work that was assigned to a loiwyer here in Asheville, 'SLACK CITY'...and he probably aint even a democrackkk like most of them...

Re: Report: N.C. needs more lawyers

tkd720man — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:42:40 -0500

There's a VERY good reason why the NC Bar won't admit folks who graduated from non-accredited law schools: they're guaranteed to be incompetent.

And nothing actually prevents new lawyers from moving to NC and practicing here if they've practiced fewer than four of the past six years - they just have to take the NC Bar exam when they get here.

If the Pope Center wants attorneys who graduate from NC law schools to stay here, they should encourage law firms to pay them more. Firms in New York, as well as some in DC and Atlanta, will pay $160,000 (plus a $30K bonus) to top first-year attorneys. If the firms in Raleigh and Charlotte would pay more than $125-$135K, they could compete for the same talent.

Re: Report: N.C. needs more lawyers

JosephColetti — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:41:21 -0500

Similar recommendations would help with North Carolina's lack of health care providers without expanding the med schools at UNC-CH or ECU.

Re: Report: N.C. needs more lawyers

susskip — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:37 -0500

give us a break, we need half as many lawyers, and twice as many doctors, nurses and engineers. Tort reform is needed and far fewer lawyer politicians.

Re: Report: N.C. needs more lawyers

dahedgehog — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:20:49 -0500

It's time for the media to start calling these protections to professional jobs what they are: trade protection. We have learned to lament the 1% tariff on textiles from Cambodia, but we ignore the far more costly protections that serve to protect the jobs (and increase wages) of the professional class (lawyers, doctors, etc.).