a symptom of something or other

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 September 27 by Anton

Each member of the California State Bar Association (which is a state entity) has a number, and the Bar’s website lets you search by number or by name. Barrister No. 1 was William Harrison Waste, admitted in June 1894. The highest number is 237747, belonging to Rex John Phillips, admitted in September 2005. You might ask, how long has it taken for the roster to double? Easy: look up barrister #118874, Andrew Henry Milinkevich, admitted in July 1985.

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2 Responses to a symptom of something or other

  1. John Cowan says:
    Friday, 2005 October 28 at 10:50

    As Tom Paxton sang back in 1985:

    In ten years we’re gonna have one million lawyers,
    One million lawyers, one million lawyers,
    In ten years we’re gonna have one million lawyers,
    How much can a poor nation stand?

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  2. Anton says:
    Wednesday, 2020 August 26 at 13:02

    The highest number now is 332023. The growth has slowed: 166012 was admitted 27 years ago.

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