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John Pederson wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:25:49 -0800, "Robert P. Bell"
> <RobertBell@BELLPAT.COM> wrote:
> 
> >It is not hard to quantify this trend - we all come with registration
> >numbers.  Mine, (34,546) is from 1990.  Newly minted attorneys are over
> >the 40,000 range.  So, we have been adding about 1,000 attorneys a year
> >to the practice for the last ten years, probably a 50% increase in the
> >total number of attorneys.
> 
> Mine is 16,307, from 1948.    So plot the curve.

You need more than two points to plot a curve, as you know.  However, my guess is this:


45,000  +
	|
	|                                                                   ?
	|                                                                  +
	|                                                                 +
40,000	+                                                                .
	|                                                               .
	|                                                              .
	|                                                             . 
	|                                                            .  
35,000	+                                                           .
	|                                                          *
	|                                                         .
	|                                                       .
	|                                                      .
30,000	+                                                     .
	|                                                   .
	|                                                  .
	|                                                .
	|                                              .
25,000	+                                            .
	|                                           . 
	|                                         .
	|                                      .
	|                                  .
20,000	+                             .
	|                         .
	|                   .
	|             .            
	|  .  .   *
15,000	+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+

	1940  1945  1950  1955  1960  1965  1970  1975  1980  1985  1990  1995  2000  

          * = actual data point   . = guesstimate  + = projection


The oldest number on my CD-ROM roster is in the 12,000 range, and there aren't many folks with numbers that low who are still practicing.

Perhaps a few others could add their numbers to the curve and we can extrapolate a bit further.

Regards,

--Bob.

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