What is the consequence of so many lawyers in the political arena?
For a good example take the European Union's new Constitution.
A 333 page tome that only lawyers could draft and understand, as opposed to the single page document that governs our own Republic.
Lawyers concern themselves with exacting legal precedents, not subtle moral persuasion, and as such are anathemaic to a free republic.
Law Schools exist because of Federal and State grants. These should be repealed and spend the money to Computer Schools.