Instead of the 656,600 lawyers now practicing in America, there will be 839,000 lawyers fighting with each other in the service of clients' interests. The general population is not expected to increase anywhere near 28 percent. So we must assume that lawyers will be fighting with each other to obtain and keep clients even more than they do today. Every client of every lawyer will be at risk to succumb to the unseemly blandishments of other lawyers. Keeping clients from bolting to other law offices will assume greater emphasis.
Law schools are profit centers for universities while medical schools are a cash drain.
Paying law schools not to train lawyers makes more economic sense than subsidies to medical schools to get out of a losing business. If paying educational institutions not to train professionals makes any sense at all, the government should put its money where the purpose is most likely to be accomplished. No incentives should be required to drop an enterprise which is a financial disaster. If the lawyer population explosion is inevitable, all lawyers should consider everything ethically appropriate to get and keep clients. Successful business enterprises are customer-oriented.