Legal Profession Statistics

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Lawyer Demographics

General

• National Lawyer Population by State 2022
• National Lawyer Population by State 2012-2022
• Total National Lawyer Population 1878-2022
  
• National Lawyer Population Demographics 2012-2022
• 2022 National Lawyer Population Survey
• American Bar Foundation Lawyer Statistical Report

Disability

• Commission on Disability Rights ABA Disability Statistics Report 2011

Minority/People of Color

• Minority Law Journal
  
• Diversity Scorecard 2011 (Americanlawyer.com)
  
• Statistics about employed lawyers (# lawyers, gender & race/ethnicity) - Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf)

Women

• ABA Commission on Women in the Law – Statistics on Women in the Profession
• DRI Study on Women: A Career in the Courtroom
  
• Women in the Courtroom:  Best  Practices Guide (PDF)
  
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession - Charting Our Progress The Status of Women in the Profession Today (pdf)
  
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession "From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful” (pdf)
  
• National Association of Women Lawyers 2015 Ninth Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms - October, 2015 (PDF)
• New York State Bar Association study, Gender Equality in the Legal Profession: A Survey, Observations, and Recommendations 2002 (pdf)

Justice System Statistics

Public Perception of Justice System/Lawyers

• ABA study, Public Perceptions of the Justice System, 1999, 1sthalf (pdf)

• ABA study, Public Perceptions of the Justice System, 1999, 2ndhalf (pdf)

• ABA Section of Litigation study, Public Perceptions of Lawyers (pdf)

Justice System

• Legal Services Corporation Documenting the Justice Gap in America 2009 Report (pdf)

Court Statistics

Cases Filed

• National Center for State Courts

• U.S. Courts (Statistical Reports)

Criminal Justice Statistics

• Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center

Legal Salaries

• National Association for Law Placement (NALP) – Salaries and Compensation Statistics 
  
• First-Year Associate Salaries
• Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey
• Findlaw's Information – Firm salaries and other statistics
  
• Salary.com
  
• National Association of Legal Assistants, 2016 National Utilization & Compensation Survey Report
• Lawyers - Occupational Outlook Handbook - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Attrition/Retention

• National Association for Law Placement Foundation – Associates Attrition Reports

Law Students & Education

• Legal Education Statistics and Resources
  
• Law School Survey of Student Engagement
  
• Lifting the Burden – Law Student Debt as a Barrier to Public Service 2003 (pdf)
  
• From Paper Chase to Money Chase: Law School Debt Diverts Road to Public Service 2002 (pdf)
  
• Guide to Class Ranking Distinctions and Law Review Admission at America's Top 50 Law Schools 2005 (pdf)
  
• Law student statistics
• Law School Admission Council - Law school application process
  
• Law Schools Worldwide

Other Resources

Mandatory CLE States

• ABA Summary of Mandatory CLE state requirements

Lawyer Discipline & Legal Malpractice

• ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, Survey on Lawyer Discipline Systems 2009

Bar Associations

• Findlaw - Comprehensive Bar Association Listings
  

Technology

• ABA Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC)
  
• LTRC Annual Technology Survey
  
• LTRC Tech Overviews & Charts

Legal Consulting Firms

• Altman Weil, Inc.
• Edge International
• Jaffe PR
• LawBiz Management Company, Edward Poll & Associates
• Robert Denney Associates

Law Firms
Ranked by size, revenue

• Law.com - AM Law 100
• List of Chicago's top law firms
• National Law Journal 350 – 2013
• ALM Media, Inc.

Law Firms Listed by Specialty

• Martindale Hubbell
• In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies (ALM)
• Worldwide Legal Directories

About this Research

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