I'm not sure the "truism" that law is well paid in most plaes is true any more. In the UK for example criminal barristers have been striking due to low pay (so

I'm not sure the "truism" that law is well paid in most plaes is true any more. In the UK for example criminal barristers have been striking due to low pay (sometimes effectively under minimum wage) Then in the US we have evidence of declining salaries https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/median-us-lawyer-income-dropped-over-past-two-decades-economists-find-2022-08-23/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/median-us-lawyer... and over supply of lawyers https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_leaders_report_lawyer_oversupply_and_chronically_underperforming_l https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_leaders_rep... It's not really a surprise if you tell people that profession x pays universally well long enough, more people will go there than are required, unless the demand for the profession keeps expanding.