Comments on: Lawyers Dumbing Down?

By: City Mickey

City Mickey — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:26:57 +0000

I’ve been a City lawyer for many years and followed this article perfectly until it got to the graph, which befuddled me (I had a bit of trouble with the words too but let’s not go there). No problem: I’ll get a junior to pull an exec summary together for me.

By: Hooray Henry

Hooray Henry — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:26:24 +0000

Well the one good thing this graph does is explain why my accountant is so goddamn thick.

By: paperclip

paperclip — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:26:01 +0000

1) Firstly, what is the CMPO, and why should we take it seriously? It’s not a ‘known name’.

2) The fact that only the years 1958 and 1970 have been chosen suggests that there is a lack of relevant information to go on, which very much compromises this research. The years are 12 years apart, and the nearer of the two 39 years ago. What have they got to do with anything?

By: anon

anon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:25:16 +0000

Our generalized, unsuited to the marketplace training and haphazard work practices are making us duller.

By: JHC

JHC — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:24:57 +0000

What level of intelligence is necessary to:

1. Drink beer with clients,
2. Fill out time sheets,
3. Fill in forms,
4. Cut and paste document collages,
5. Design idiotic securities,
6. Provide useless business advise

By: emania

emania — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:24:38 +0000

If lawyers really are so bright why were none of them clever enough to foresee the toxic debt mess we are now in.

Most of the finance and capital markets lawyers I’ve encountered are like highly trained dogs at Crufts – ready and eager to jump through whatever hoop they are told to (for the right compensation) but underneath the sleek exterior is a simple sick inbred.