[esquirette]

Actually most legislators by far in Florida are not lawyers. Most judges are lawyers, a law in Florida enacted by the non-lawyer legislators.

People who want to know how the world of business and government work go to law school. Always have and always will.

The thing I lament is the inaccessibility of a decent graduate education. Patrick Henry 'read' for the law in 6 weeks and took the bar. Jefferson studied under Wythe in the back parlor of his home in Williamsburg. Decent apprenticeships would produce much better lawyers and professionals of all types than our current system.

[brazzaville]

Good afternoon.

I don't have much experience with Florida so I'll take your word on the Floridian legislators. Maybe one of our excellent Freepers can come up with figures on the number of lawyers in elected positions in the USA.

" Decent apprenticeships would produce much better lawyers and professionals of all types than our current system."

I see paralegals carrying more of the load all the time and I trust our Physician's Assistant as much as I trust our doctor. Yes, I would like to see more apprenticeships in more fields.

Michael Frazier