Share of lawyers in the U.S. 2020-2023, by gender

In 2023, approximately 40 percent of lawyers in the United States were women. In 2022, the state with the highest employment in that occupation was California, followed by New York and Florida. How has the number of lawyers in the U.S. changed over time? Between 2007 and 2022, there was an overall increase in the number of practicing lawyers in the United States. In 2022, the number of lawyers in the United States was up almost ten percent from what it had been a decade ago. Conversely, the number of law school graduates has steadily declined since 2013. This suggests that although the demand for lawyers has continued to grow in the United States, there have been fewer graduates being produced by law schools in the country. The U.S. legal services market The largest segment of the U.S. legal services market in 2022 was spending on outside legal counsel. This segment contributed significantly more to the market than corporate legal departments for companies with over one billion U.S. dollars in revenue. In 2017, the United States held almost half of the global legal market.

至2023年，美国律师职业中女性占比约为40%。2022年，加利福尼亚州是该职业就业人数最多的州，其次是纽约州和佛罗里达州。美国律师人数随时间的变化情况如何？在2007年至2022年期间，美国执业律师的总人数呈现整体上升趋势。2022年，美国律师人数较十年前增长了近十个百分点。相反，自2013年以来，法学毕业生人数持续下降。这表明，尽管美国对律师的需求持续增长，但该国法学院培养的毕业生数量却有所减少。美国法律服务市场在2022年，美国法律服务市场最大的部分是外部法律顾问的支出。这一部分对市场的贡献远超过年收入超过十亿美元的公司的企业法律部门。2017年，美国占据了全球法律服务市场的一半左右。