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Letter from ABA President
Introduction and acknowledgments
Chapter 1 – The COVID-19 Pandemic
How it affected lawyers generally
Senior lawyers
Big-firm lawyers
Solos
Chapter 2 – Demographics
Growth of the profession
Lawyers by state
Lawyers by gender
Lawyers by race and ethnicity
Lawyers Age
Diversity in U.S. law firms
Hiring, promotion, attrition – Model Diversity Survey (NEW)
LGBT lawyers
Lawyers with disabilities
Legal demand in metro areas
Where lawyers work by race and ethnicity
Legal deserts
- National Lawyer Population Survey – Early results July 7 – Posted online July 30
- May 31 in 2019
- Age – BLS – March 23
- Law firm diversity – NLP survey – Dec. 18
- Legal demand (location quotient) – March 31
- After the JD – 2014 – No update? Should we keep it?
- National Native American Bar Assn – Pursuit of Inclusion 2015 – Update? Keep it?
Chapter 3 – Legal Deserts
1. Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia
2. Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland
3. Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey
4. New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina
5. South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
Chapter 3 – Wages
Wage trends over 20 years
Average lawyer wages by metropolitan area
Public service lawyers
Law firm associates
General counsel wages? – Equilar (NEW)
- BLS – March 31
- Public service pay – NALP – No update in 2020 – Last report 2018 – Updated every 4 years
- Associates pay – NALP – May? – Last report May 22, 2019 – Updated every other year
Chapter 4 – Legal education
Law school applicants and enrollees
Why law school?
Law school demographics
Bar passage rates
Employment after graduation
Student debt
AALS deans survey? (NEW)
LSAC LGBTQ survey? (NEW)
- Applicants and enrollment – LSAC – April
- Enrollment – Legal Ed – Dec. 12
- Why Law School? – AALS Before the JD – 2018 – Update?
- Demographics – Legal Ed – March?
- Bar exam – NCBE – April 24
- Employment – Legal Ed – June 1
Chapter 5 – Judges
Diversity on the federal bench
New federal appointments
Diversity in state supreme courts
- Race and gender – Federal Judicial Center – July 1
- New federal appointments – FJC – July 1
- State Supreme Courts – Brennan Center – Update? – February
Chapter 6 – Pro bono
Hours worked
Type of help
Top states
Free Legal Answers (NEW)
Law students
- Supporting Justice – 2018 – No update in 2020
- Law students – AALS – March 13?
Chapter 7 – Women in the legal profession
Demographics
Women in law firms
Women in law schools
Walking out the door
Judges – federal and state supreme courts (NEW)
Deans
- Demographics – NLPS – May 31? July 7 early?
- Judges – FJC – July 1
- State supreme court judges – Brennan Center – Update? – Feb
- Law firms – NAWL – Week of Nov. 23
- Women in law schools – Legal Ed – March?
- Deans – Rosenblatt’s Deans Database – June 1
- Walking Out the Door – No update
Chapter 8 – Technology
Tech survey
Chapter 9 – Well-being
Lawyers
Law students
Life and practice
Judge well-being (NEW)
- Hazelden study 2016 – No update? How long do we continue?
- Law student survey 2016 – No update? How long do we continue?
- Life and practice – Tech survey 2020 – Next update Dec 2021
Chapter 10 – Discipline
Survey on Lawyer Discipline Systems
- Discipline report – CPR – July 16
Appendix
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