Going to court without a lawyer is new normal for U.S. litigants

Re:Going to court without a lawyer is new normal for U.S. li... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:11PM (#21610126)

Barbers have price transparency. Lawyers and doctors have open-ended fee schedules.

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Re:Going to court without a lawyer is new normal for U.S. li... by henryfjordan on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:22PM (#21610214)

There's no reason a Barber couldn't charge based on time spent cutting your hair.

There's also no reason a lawyer cannot charge a fixed fee, which is more standard for document drafting.

You might not want to pay a lawyer a fixed fee for a case though, as that would incentivize them to put in as little work as possible.

And none of this has anything to do with the licensing, which artificially restricts the supply of Barbers and Lawyers, letting them charge more regardless of the billing scheme.

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