percentage of law students who did not find a job after graduating in 2019 was roughly half the share recorded in 2013, before increasing again in 2020.
The number of law graduates in the United States steadily declined between 2013 and 2021. As of 2021, 35,287 students graduated from law school in the United States. The share of unemployed law graduates in the United States followed approximately the same trend: the Number of law graduates in the United States from 2013 to 2021
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Statistics on Legal services in the U.S.
Industry overview
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- Premium Statistic Size of the global legal services market 2021 with forecast until 2026
- Premium Statistic Industry revenue of legal services in the U.S. 2012-2024
- Premium Statistic Size of the legal services market in the U.S. by category 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Law firms in the United States with the highest revenue per lawyer 2021
- Premium Statistic Law firms in the United States with the highest number of lawyers in 2021
- Basic Statistic Total number of equity partners working at the leading U.S. law firms 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Average profit per equity partner of the leading U.S. law firms 2015-2021
Employment
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- Premium Statistic Number of law graduates in the U.S. 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Employment status of 2021 law graduates in the U.S. by category 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of unemployed law graduates in the U.S. in the class years 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employees in legal occupations in the U.S. 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employees in legal occupations in the U.S. by category 2021
- Premium Statistic States with the highest employment in legal occupations in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Employee wages of legal occupations in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic States with the highest wages for legal occupations in the U.S. 2021
Diversity
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- Premium Statistic Employee gender distribution in the best 100 law firms for women in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of minority attorneys 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of Asian-American attorneys 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of African-American attorneys 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. law firms with the highest percentage of Hispanic attorneys 2021
Trends
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- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. law firms by legal services which are a threat to their business 2020
- Premium Statistic Methods used by U.S. law firms to increase efficiency of legal services 2017-2020
- Premium Statistic Top challenges for law firms worldwide 2020
- Premium Statistic Online legal services market size in the U.S. 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on legal activity in the U.S. 2020
Consumers´ perspective
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Further related statistics
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- Managed services used for litigation/practice support worldwide 2016-2018
- Corporate outside legal counsel spending in the U.S. 2001-2020
- States with the highest employment of paralegals and legal assistants U.S. 2020-2021
- Size of the U.S. legal services market by type 2005-2027*
- Market share of law firms in the U.S. by firm grouping 2000-2017
- Corporate legal affairs spending in the U.S. 2001-2014
- States with the highest wages for paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2019
- Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- Litigation/practice support personnel training in global legal departments 2016-2018
- Share of law firms with litigation/practice support worldwide by size 2016-2018
- Unemployment rate of legal professionals in the U.S. Q2 2017
- Size of the legal market in the U.S. 2016, by category
- Social media data collection by law firms and legal departments worldwide 2016-2018
- Share of the global legal services market in select countries 2016
- Quarterly confidence index of the legal industry in the U.S. 2014-2015
- Market share of legal taxi administered by aggregators in Russia 2017-2022
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- Managed services used for litigation/practice support worldwide 2016-2018
- Corporate outside legal counsel spending in the U.S. 2001-2020
- States with the highest employment of paralegals and legal assistants U.S. 2020-2021
- Size of the U.S. legal services market by type 2005-2027*
- Market share of law firms in the U.S. by firm grouping 2000-2017
- Corporate legal affairs spending in the U.S. 2001-2014
- States with the highest wages for paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2019
- Mean annual wage of paralegals and legal assistants in U.S. 2013-2021
- Litigation/practice support personnel training in global legal departments 2016-2018
- Share of law firms with litigation/practice support worldwide by size 2016-2018
- Unemployment rate of legal professionals in the U.S. Q2 2017
- Size of the legal market in the U.S. 2016, by category
- Social media data collection by law firms and legal departments worldwide 2016-2018
- Share of the global legal services market in select countries 2016
- Quarterly confidence index of the legal industry in the U.S. 2014-2015
- Market share of legal taxi administered by aggregators in Russia 2017-2022
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American Bar Association. (2022). Number of law graduates in the United States from 2013 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/428985/number-of-law-graduates-us/
American Bar Association. "Number of Law Graduates in The United States from 2013 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/428985/number-of-law-graduates-us/
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Number of law graduates in the United States from 2013 to 2021 [Graph], American Bar Association, April 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/428985/number-of-law-graduates-us/