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In the U.S. lawyers are the butt of many popular jokes, despite their power and prestige.

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The 900,000 lawyers in the U.S. lawyers are the butt of many popular jokes, despite their power and prestige.

[[Image:Lawyers1.jpg|thumb|300px|''Time'' attacks lawyers, April 10, 1978]]

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==Further reading==

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* Abel, Richard L. ''American Lawyers'' (1991) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Lawyers-Richard-L-Abel/dp/0195072634/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231887147&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

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* Burrage, Michael. ''Revolution and the Making of the Contemporary Legal Profession: England, France, and the United States'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Making-Contemporary-Legal-Profession/dp/0199282986/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231887364&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]

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* Chroust, Anton-Hermann. ''The Rise of the Legal Profession in America'' (2 vol, 1965)

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* Nolan, Dennis R. ed. ''Readings in the History of the American Legal Profession'' (1980)

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* Strickland, Rennard, and Frank T. Read. ''The Lawyer Myth: A Defense of the American Legal Profession'' (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Lawyer-Myth-Defense-American-Profession/dp/0804011117/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231887248&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

== External links ==

*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948072,00.html "Those #X!!! Lawyers," ''Time'' April 10, 1978]

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