Well, one thing is that "law" was often the "field-of-choice" for the well-schooled who didn't know where to go next? Now many, if not likely most, of the well

Well, one thing is that "law" was often the "field-of-choice" for the well-schooled who didn't know where to go next? Now many, if not likely most, of the well-schooled are generally intelligent, but of course there are also quite a few rich idiots as well. (Today, of course, most of the latter go into tech.)