The company that does bar review courses has run into questions about, you know, what sort of monopoly they have on this. They teach in the class, presumably. Teach you a test. And I'm sure that's, that's part of how they're, they're,. they remain in business. Well, it's like a mini law school for just passing the exam. Passing the exam is obviously quite, quite profitable. Absolutely.
Clifford Winston of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the market for lawyers and the role of lawyers in the political process. Drawing on a new co-authored book, First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers, Winston argues that restrictions on the supply of lawyers and increases in demand via government regulation artificially boost lawyers' salaries. Deregulation of the supply (by eliminating licensing) would lower price and encourage innovation.