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Not long before my time, young trainee solicitors had to pay a premium to work as articled clerks. This was abolished and by the time I trained a minimum wage had been introduced ensuring that all articled clerks earned the grossed up equivalent of a student grant. Barristers followed suit some years later. Even today, however, the legal profession is under pressure from government for its perception as a profession closed to all but the sons and daughters of the affluent. One wonders why the govenment don't put pressure on other professions but, instead, allow them to become bastions of the ineffectual offspring of the wealthy. I mean, just look at all the designers on here if one wants to see a microcosm of second generation dilletanti wealth.