[Texas resident]

Well, it was lawyers who decided that phony marriage was legal across the land. Just looking out for their fellow lawyers.
Bonus: What is black and tan and looks good on a lawyer?

A Doberman.

[Qiviut]

” ..... I know only one thing for sure — If you want to make crime pay — ‘Go to Law School.’” [Whitey Bulger]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/06/28/whitey-bulger-tells-teens-who-wrote-him-for-school-history-project-my-life-was/