> Hypothesis: the Bar Association is a cartel; limits supply, keeps prices high. The supply of lawyers is artificially constrained The bar associations are act

> Hypothesis: the Bar Association is a cartel; limits supply, keeps prices high. The supply of lawyers is artificially constrained The bar associations are actually trade unions. Restricting the supply of labor is the only mechanism unions have available to increase the wages of union members, and all unions do it, only the various lawyers, doctors and pilots unions are simply the most effective in this regard.