The number of lawyers over 40 actually rose by one percentage point.

This has sharply cut the number of experienced lawyers willing to take on such work.

Used to be called Main Street, and is still home to a huge number of lawyers.

"We already have a number of lawyers calling and asking to join us," he said.

The refugee cause was, however, taken up by a number of sympathetic French lawyers.

The number of lawyers, too, has risen from 13 to 17.

During that period, the number of lawyers in the country has grown by a third to almost 700,000.

The number of black lawyers has risen to 15,000 from 9,000.

The number of registered lawyers rose from 49,386 to 77,890.

At the same time, the number of lawyers available to represent the poor has shrunk by 15 percent.