Originally Posted by Unregistered

The problem is that there are too many of these small Chinatown firms with crap subpar lawyers of questionable educational/professional pedigree running amok and sullying the profession. There's no institutional standards or safeguards.

In France, notary publics practice individually but are state employees.

My solution to solve this problem of crappy small firm Chinatown standards:

make it compulsory for all law practices to have a minimum of 20 practising lawyers. No firm will be allowed to operate with fewer than 20 lawyers. All other lawyers not practicing in law firms will be civil servants employed by the state, like the French notary public model.