Losing its allure; lawyer/legislators are a dying breed. It just doesn't pay

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It is proving to be too difficult for lawyers to maintain their practices and be state legislators as well. so many are no longer running for election. A 1986 survey of the 50 states by the National Conference of State Legislatures showed that 16% of state legislators were lawyers, down from 20% in 1979 and 22% in 1976. The survey also showed that in 43 state legislatures the number of attorneys has been decreasing since 1976. Reasons cited by attorneys for leaving public service vary. One is that stricter ethics laws make being a lawyer-legislator less conducive to business contacts. Another is that legislative work is becoming too time-consuming.

Management, Practice, Legislators, State government

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Attorneys are among hopefuls

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New Hampshire's Feb 18, 1992 presidential and vice-presidential primaries have attracted six candidates who are lawyers. Among the major candidates Bill Clinton and Paul Tsongas are lawyers. Minor candidates who are lawyers include Larry Agran, Nancy Lord and vice-presidential candidate Endicott Peabody. Agran, formerly mayor of Irvine, CA, hopes that he will gain the status of 'major' candidate now that he has finished ahead of Jerry Brown in a poll. Lawyer Ralph Nader is waging a write-in campaign.

Elections, Employment, Presidential candidates, New Hampshire, Agran, Larry

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Lawyers wield clout as Democrats gather

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About 650 of the 4,288 delegates at the Democratic National Convention were lawyers. At least 12 others were employed by the Democratic Party in various capacities, and there were also attorneys and judges ready to address controversies arising from events outside the convention site. The legal profession was the target of some of the demonstrators outside the convention site.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Democratic Party (United States)

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