[anon7725]

> They're a historical check on the State.

This one is intertwined with it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_schools_attended...

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/24598/first-degree-colleg...

[thebradbain]

That's what makes them an important check on the state -- if they solely existed in a vacuum than what would speaking truth to power entail?