In the UK, lawyers have for a long time earned on average substantially below the average salary, and that is driven <i>up</i> by the top end London firms (where partners can earn millions).<p>The reality is that in many countries most lawyers don&#x27;t earn very much, because they&#x27;re not top end litigators or counsel to large companies, but spend most of their time writing &quot;low value&quot; documents or letters for clients with little money.<p>This doesn&#x27;t seemed to have caused the supply of people wanting to study law to dry up.