Market Research Department (MRD)

Numerous resources for research and statistics about lawyers and the legal profession are readily available. The resources have been organized into the following categories. (Just click on the category to view the listing.)

Lawyers

• National Lawyer Population by State

Demographics

• Lawyer demographics table
• Instructions for accessing U.S. Census statistics regarding lawyers and law firms by state/zip code/metro area
• Statistics about employed lawyers (# lawyers, gender & race/ethnicity) - Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Census 2000 statistics on race and ethnicity
• Legal Services Revenue in the U.S. - 2003 Service Annual Survey (Table 6.1)
• Law Firm Diversity
• ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession "Miles to Go: Progress of Minorities in the Legal Profession" Report
• Minority Law Journal
• Diversity Scorecard 2004
• American Bar Foundation Lawyer Statistical Report - contains comprehensive demographic data about lawyers nationally and state-by-state: gender, age, employment (private practice vs. government vs. private industry), firm size, # of law firms in the country.
  For more information see http://www.abfn.org/images/reslawwin05.pdf or call the ABF: 312/988-6500.

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Women Lawyers

• DRI Study on Women: A Career in the Courtroom
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession - Charting Our Progress The Status of Women in the Profession Today
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession executive summary "Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms"
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession study, The Unfinished Agenda: A Report on the Status of Women in the Legal Profession
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, A Current Glance at Women in the Law 2007
• New York State Bar Association study, Gender Equality in the Legal Profession: A Survey, Observations, and Recommendations
• Catalyst study, Women in Law: Making the Case

Salaries

• National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Associate Salary Survey
• NALP, Jobs and J.D.’s: Employment and Salaries of New Law Graduates
• Altman Weil Surveys
• Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey
• Survey of Law Firm Economics
• Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey
• Findlaw's Infirmation
• Salary.com
• Society of Law Teachers (SALT) – law school faculty salary survey
• National Association of Legal Assistants, 2004 National Utilization & Compensation Survey Report
• Altman Weil – Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey

Legal Career Surveys

• National Association for Law Placement Foundation, After the JD: The First 10 Years Initial Findings
• Edge International, Groundbreaking Research: Motivating the Next Generation
• ABA Young Lawyers Division 2000 survey
• Study of Associate Satisfaction, Law Firm Culture, and the Effects of Billable Hour Requirements (Part 1 & 2), State Bar of Texas
• Boston Bar Association Task Force on Professional Fulfillment

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Quality of Life

• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession study, Balanced Lives: Changing the Culture of Legal Practice
• Boston Bar Association report, Facing the Grail: Confronting the Cost of Work-Family Imbalance

Public Perception of Justice System/Lawyers

• ABA study, Public Perceptions of the Justice System
• ABA Section of Litigation study, Public Perceptions of Lawyers
• Harris Poll: Survey of Lawyers Finds Big Differences in Their Perceptions of Courts, Judges and Juries in 50 States

Mandatory CLE States

• ABA Summary of Mandatory CLE state requirements

Lawyer Discipline & Legal Malpractice

• ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, Survey on Lawyer Discipline Systems
• ABA study, Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims 1996-1999

Ranked by size, revenue

• AM Law 100
• List of Chicago's top law firms
• National Law Journal 250 – 2004
• ALM Media, Inc.

Listed by Specialty

• Martindale Hubbell
• In-House Counsel Magazine/
• Worldwide Legal Directories

Attrition/Retention

• National Association for Law Placement – Keeping the Keepers II: Mobility and Management of Associates
• NALP, The Lateral Lawyer: Why They Leave & What May Make Them Stay
• Project for Attorney Retention Final Report: Balanced Hours, conducted by the American University Washington College of Law

• ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
• Legal Education Statistics and Resources
• Law School Survey of Student Engagement 2005
• Lifting the Burden – Law Student Debt as a Barrier to Public Service
• From Paper Chase to Money Chase: Law School Debt Diverts Road to Public Service
• Guide to Class Ranking Distinctions and Law Review Admission at America's Top 50 Law Schools
• Law student statistics
• Bar exam statistics
• U.S. News & World Report Law school rankings
• Law school faculty statistics
• Law School Application Process

• ABA study, Public Perceptions of the Justice System
• ABA study, Justice by Gender: The Lack of Appropriate Prevention, Diversion and Treatment Alternatives for Girls in the Justice System

• Law Department Spending Survey
• Corporate Counsel Technology Survey
• ACCA Chief Legal Officer Survey
• Managing Outside Counsel Survey Report 2003: Assessing Key Elements of the In-House Counsel/Outside Counsel Relationship

• Mandatory vs. Voluntary State Bar Map
• Comprehensive Bar Association Listings

• National Association of Legal Assistants
• Association of Legal Administrators
• Legal Marketing Association
• American Association of Law Libraries

• ABA Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC)
• LTRC Annual Technology Survey
• AmLaw Technology Survey 2002

Cases Filed

• National Center for State Courts
• U.S. Courts (Statistical Reports)

Criminal Justice Statistics

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

• law.com
• Findlaw
• Hieros Gamos
• Legal Marketing Association
• National Association for Law Placement
• ABA Fact Books
• ABA Lawlink
• Internet Legal Resource Guide
• American Association of Law Libraries
• LLRX.com

• Altman Weil
• Baker Robbins & Co.
• Hildebrandt International
• Jaffe Associates
• LawBiz Management Company, Edward Poll & Associates
• Robert Denney Associates

• The Gallup Organization
• National Opinion Research Center
• Yankelovich Partners
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Quirks Marketing Research Review
• American Marketing Association

Links are provided for information purposes only. These sites are not endorsed or supported by the American Bar Association or the ABA Market Research Department. This list is not meant to be exhaustive. No recommendation or representation is made or implied with respect to the sites or the information therein. Risk of use of the sites and the information therein is solely that of the user.