Table of Contents How Do Lawyers Exploit Clients? Why are lawyers able to charge extremely high hourly rates? How Do Lawyers Overcharge Clients? How Do Lawyers Make a Lot of Money by Creating Disputes? How Do Lawyers Push Clients into Lawyer-Controlled Scams?     What did a judge secretly tell law students?     What did the Chief Justice say about affordable access to justice? Why Are Lawyers Able to Get Away with Unacceptable Charges and Behaviour? Do Lawyers Scam the Government So That You End Up Paying More in Tax or Having Reduced Public Services? How Have Lawyers Blocked Affordable Access to Justice Reforms? How Do Lawyers Exploit Clients? The information below is a brief summary of research carried out over several decades. It draws on the personal experiences of those who have been victims of lawyers and quotes the views of some judges and lawyers who have privately expressed their concerns about what goes on. All lawyers know about the following scams but they have chosen to do nothing about them and put their personal greed and self-interest ahead of the need for justice FOR the rest of the community. Lawyers restrict competition in order to charge excessive hourly rate fees plus...