“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyersâ€â€¦â€¦â€¦. Shakespeare
I was in my social network profile and suddenly I found an important article with this distinctive quote. At the same time, one of my colleagues asked me to suggest him an analytical question that would be with five marks. On that moment, I was thinking to ask him to mention this one but latter I changed my mind because this sort of statement would not be easier for the students to understand and explain specially in exam. ''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'' was stated by Dick the Butcher in ''Henry VI,'' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73. Dick the Butcher was a follower of the rebel Jack Cade, who thought that if he disturbed law and order, he could become king. Shakespeare meant it as an admiring comment to attorneys and judges who encouraged justice in society. In reference to the review of ''Guilty Conscience, Leah D. Frank states that when Shakespeare had one of his characters state ''Let's kill all the lawyers,'' it was the corrupt, unethical lawyers he was referring too. Besides that Dick the butcher, a character no one remembers, he only quotes few memorable lines from the entire three-part from Henry VI. Dick's utopian idea to kill all lawyers of England was his addition to the promises of the traitorous Jack Cade, who envisioned a quasi-communistic social revolution, with himself installed as autocrat. In addition, we knew the ultimate fate of those communism-practicing countries, their people’s unhappiness and ultimate turn back to the society with law. Yes, I mean China and Russia, due to those sorts of socialist movement, still their people are heard to be unhappy, legal institution, rule of law and individual human right has been kept in question. It is law, the practice of which remains a noble and valuable profession from the time immemorial; the Greek as well as the Roman civilization would be baseless without law, because all of their political concepts with the estate are to abolish anarchy and tyranny. To confirm kept away of all anarchy they introduced fixed written law which is developing with the civilization in all around the world. Today’s world, in reality we cannot think an hour without law. This dependence creates our dependence on lawyers because it cannot be possible for all to know all legal provisions as well as explanations. At the same time, we know that the ignorance of law cannot be an excuse. Therefore, there have no other ways then to deny the literal meaning of the Shakespeare’s quotation. However, in reality with a poor/developing economy souring employment prospects, Law College and university graduates have flocked to law school in recent years, seeking some guarantee of financial security or at least the opportunity to wait out the calm in hiring. Employment patterns for recent law school graduates, however, reveal one of the worst climates for the profession in years and highlight the need to reconsider the value of a law degree. The fundamental problem that graduates faces is depending on supply and demand. In America and in European countries, large corporate firms have been hit especially hard by the recession, with the 100 highest-grossing corporate firms reporting their first average revenue decline in more than 20 years. Statistics reporting on overall employment rates obscure the details of a more cheerless environment for lawyers than previously imagined. In America, of those graduates who have found employment, only 68.4% were placed in positions requiring bar passage, down from 75.9% in 2001. In the past year alone, the percentage of law school graduates obtaining jobs in private law firms has dropped five points, from 55.9% to 50.9%. According to Zaring, technology or paralegal assistants have replaced many of the jobs traditionally held by recent graduates, a trend that is likely to grow. While high-end lawyers who conduct major mergers and litigation will still enjoy steady business, “it’s going to be a lot harder to be a ‘Main street lawyer. Nevertheless, opportunity can never be end and that’s why the growing cadre of graduates forced out of the legal profession, law school is increasingly becoming an avenue to employment in business, education or journalism. Because, there have no social sector, which will not accept their degree. Keep in mind that Shakespeare put his kill-the-lawyers line in the mouth of a man supporting a tyrant. Yet the article’s opening premise that lawyers are being too hard on themselves decrying their employment prospects may be true. In addition, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data continues to show that lawyer unemployment is lower than 53 other profession. In Bangladesh perspectives, simply if I move around in Dhaka court promises sometimes I became shocked and scared to see that huge lawyers are gathered in the Court, It seems that the lawyers are fighting themselves, or at least not happy in their foot. Indeed, the too much permission without evaluating quality and competence makes the situation worse. Moreover having no specific plan, many public as well as privates universities opened law department, so the quantity has been increasing with little quality. I think the people who are in this arena cannot deny the truth. Though I believe, truth cannot be stable. like an example, once the law graduates only choose their profession as lawyers but now the trend has been changed, separation of judiciary confirmed judicial post only for the law graduates’ there have no more way to become judges from any other subjects’ students. The corporate institution has already started to appoint law officer in their firm as permanent employee. In addition to that, those who have decided to continue their fathers business or like to choose business as their profession and if they have law graduation then they must be able to carry on their business more smoothly with following all legal process. All doors have kept opened for the lawyers. So no way to agree with the literal meaning of Shakespeare’s quotation, isn’t it?
