Originally Posted by Unregistered

With all due respect, I thought that this was in fact better for society as a whole, that people are becoming more aware of their rights and basic legal principles. This would allow lawyers to venture into other areas of law which requires more attention.

This is also in response to a previous post that lawyering was once reserved for nobles. So I thought it great actually, that more laypeople are becoming more informed.

For the low bono lawyers, perhaps the emphasis could be pivoted to conveyancing or wills and probate and CTC of documents? Just a thought.