"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." --- Shakespeare The legal profession has about the broadest range of intellectual ability as any of the prominent professions. Known to most as an important profession, necessary in a complex society, but for which billed fees are perceived as disproportionate to the services rendered. This we know. However, it is the range of skill of lawyers, from supreme intellect to barely literate that we come upon. It's all in the licensing. Many folks could handle simple wills, property closing, contract execution and enforcement, and numerous lawyerly skills. For most of these tasks there are strict procedures of practice. Very little actual legal knowledge is required. There is a difference between understanding the nature of the law and preparing a will or trust for some needful client. To be sure, without licensing the doors would open to completely unscrupulous, incompetent, and immoral practitioners. Licensin
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