When Stephen Magee developed the Magee curve, the measure of the optimal number of lawyers in a society, he noted that Uruguay had the most lawyers per capita, edging out the U.S. with 1 lawyer for roughly every 240 citizens. As recently as 2015, what country currently boasts the most attorneys per capita, with 1 lawyer for every 139 residents?
The correlation coefficient between the number of law schools per capita (omitted) and idle attorneys per capita for the BEA regions is 0.60. Using data from the Law Graduate Oversupply page, the correlation between surplus graduates per capita (2013, omitted) and idle attorneys per capita is 0.86 by BEA region. I wouldn’t use this information as decisive evidence that excess …
Source: Harvard http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/papers/pdf/Ramseyer_681.pdf
Sep 16, 2020 · Lawyers Per Capita. There are more than 1.3 million lawyers nationwide – or approximately one lawyer for every 240 people. Even so, large chunks of the country are “legal deserts” with few if any lawyers. Take Idaho, for example, where almost 70 percent of the state’s counties – 29 out of 44 – have less than one lawyer per 1,000 ...
NO. OF LAWYERS PER CAPITA BY STATE (2013) | ||
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RANK | STATE | NO. LAWYERS ACTIVE & RESIDENT (2013) |
1. | District of Columbia | 51,928 |
2. | New York | 166,317 |
3. | Massachusetts | 43,008 |
Α/Α | Country / State | Capita per lawyer |
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1 | New York U.S.A. | 115 |
2 | Liechtenstein | 176 |
3 | California U.S.A. | 236 |
4 | Italy | 246 |
Region | Total number of solicitors | Number of solicitors per 1,000 population |
---|---|---|
Greater London | 43,788 | 9.33 |
South East | 12,112 | 1.44 |
Eastern | 7,330 | 1.27 |
South West | 5,660 | 1.08 |
Arkansas, Arizona and South Carolina have the fewest lawyers per capita (2.1 per 1,000), followed by Idaho, North Dakota and South Dakota (2.2 lawyers per 1,000). Although Vermont is the second-least populated state, it has one of the highest legal densities, with 5.8 lawyers per 1,000 residents.
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When Stephen Magee developed the Magee curve, the measure of the optimal number of lawyers in a society, he noted that Uruguay had the most lawyers per capita, edging out the U.S. with 1 lawyer for roughly every 240 citizens. As recently as 2015, what country currently boasts the most attorneys per capita, with 1 lawyer for every 139 residents?
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