Any mistake that they make would potentially result in a nearly or actual career-killing lawsuit. Law firms would also be required to give pro bono assistance, that the government might or might not refund, to any indigent client that comes their way seeking legal counsel. Lawyers would be subjected to debates where people talk about bring their firms and labor under government control in a socialized system to ensure that "everyone has the same quality of legal counsel, regardless of economic class." Finally, it would be common and generally acceptable to treat any lawyer who doesn't feel that the legal profession has a moral obligation to provide free services to anyone who wants or claims to need them, as though such a lawyer were a heartless scumbag who hates his fellow man. Indeed, it would be respectable in many social circles to subordinate the lawyer's freedom to use their labor as they see fit, to whatever society wants.
If lawyers were treated like medical workers
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Oooh, Mike, that would be dastardly!
But effective.
Talk about karmaic retribution.
You're so right! That's why I maintain a site to help people find lawyers who do pro bono work: http://probonolawyers.org/ .
On the other hand, I always say that I can't wait for legal services to become an entitlement, so all lawyers can get rich like doctors. I don't know why, given that there are controls on prices, etc., but you have to admit that on average doctors earn significantly more than other graduate school professionals.
I am a little exasperated with (some) doctors. (I have several friends who are doctors and my father in law is a retired nephrologist). They earn at least twice as much giving depositions as their normal hourly rate, but some can be very difficult about helping their patients recover compensation for the harm inflicted on them by other people's negligence, as though there is something dishonorable about a person expecting to be made whole when another person hurts them.
For some reason, doctors want to stick it to individuals who pay cash on the spot, but will give big discounts to bureaucratic organizations that will pay them in 30-60 days, which is entirely counter-intuitive. Maybe doctors should form a gigantic union to bargain with all the insurance companies and HMOs.