ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT The legal profession in Israel has undergone many significant changes in
response to the dramatic increase in the number of lawyers that, although emerging in
1995, still continues. The article reveals and discusses these changes which were first
expressed within the profession itself. A separate section deals with the effects on legal
practice. Some effects on legal practice are more difficult to ascribe exclusively to the
dramatic rise in the number of lawyers; they should be attributed to other factors. Still, the
rise in the number of lawyers remains very meaningful. Another section discusses the
influence exerted by the increase in the number of lawyers on ethical behavior and
disciplinary courts. Such an influence was found to be weak or still inchoate.
