8 Jul
1993
8 Jul
'93
2:15 p.m.
Fred Heutte writes:
We need lawyers, but do we need *so many*?! I was born and grew up in Washington, DC. The DC Bar has over *50,000* lawyers! Even in our nation's capital that seems excessive.
They're not all in our nation's capital. The DC Bar allows lawyers admitted to other jurisdictions to "waive into" DC if their MBE score is sufficiently high--no separate bar exam. Many lawyers get admitted to the DC Bar this way in anticipation of the possibility that someday they may have to do some legal work in DC. Conversely, lots of lawyers simply come to DC without getting admitted to the DC Bar. They just don't practice in the District. --Mike