text: how many law students graduate every year?   there are many graduates.   but law school is different.   many just go to get the degree.  the degree seems to hypnotize a great deal of the public -- both the students and those who hire them.  so law graduates may work in a wide variety of fields, many of which have nothing to do with the law.  but they all let the right people know they have a legal education, and much more important, a law degree.  and a world that can't distinguish image from reality says "you're just the sort of man we want." so, yes there are "too many" lawyers if they all were actually lawyers.  but the truth is they are in all kinds of different jobs.   i wouldn't be surprised if most law school graduates aren't practicing lawyers.