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• Columbia Law School changes its reporting practices in response to criticism

  May 03 2012 Columbia Law School has changed the way it reports employment statistics for it graduates, after critical reportage in The Post last month. The school has revealed... more

• Which UK firms offer best prospects for promotion to partnership?

  Apr 09 2012 RollOnFriday has taken a look at the partnership promotion statistics for UK firms to try to get a picture of which firms offer the best chance of partnership. The... more

• US legal services sector shed 1,300 jobs in March

  Apr 09 2012 The US legal services sector lost 1,300 jobs last month, according to the latest figures released by the Labor Department. The figures neutralise the modest gains... more

• Toronto law firms fall behind on diversity stats

  Mar 29 2012 A new report indicates that large law firms in Toronto are falling behind in diversity statistics. According to the DiversityLeads 2012 report, compiled by Ryerson... more

• More male partners working part time, says survey

  Jan 23 2012 6.2 per cent of lawyers at big firms work part time, according to a new survey released by NALP. In 2011 98 per cent of large law firms allowed part-time schedules,... more

• US legal publication starts benchmarking female partner promotions

  Jan 15 2012 The AM Law Daily has taken a look at the number of women promoted to partner in leading US firms over the past four years, in order to set a benchmark against which... more

• US firms cut pro bono hours while need increases

  Dec 02 2011 Pro bono work at large law firms appears to be on the slide, as law firms cut costs in a difficult economy. Reports show that the average number of pro bono hours... more

• Shoosmiths takes top spot in UK diversity ranking

  Nov 14 2011 Shoosmiths is the most ethnically- and gender-diverse law firm, according to the annual Black Solicitors Network’s Diversity League Table, which is sponsored by The... more

• US legal sector gains 400 jobs in October, but it doesn't make a dent

  Nov 08 2011 The US legal services sector gained 400 jobs last month, according to the latest statistics released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The growth in the sector... more

• China's legal profession grows to 200,000 lawyers

  Nov 07 2011 Interesting short article here about the legal profession in China. According to this report in China Daily, the number of licensed lawyers in China has reached... more

• Gender imbalance increases at top US firms

  Nov 07 2011 Newly released figures on diversity in US law firms shows a slight improvement in ethnic diversity at major firms. The percentage of minority lawyers at top US rose... more

• An anatomy of the Indian legal profession by Kian Ganz

  Oct 31 2011 Kian Ganz, the publishing editor of www.LegallyIndia.com, here gives a brief anatomy of the legal services industry in India. The scale of the industry in India is... more

• ABA considers penalties for law schools that misrepresent job prospects

  Oct 21 2011 The ongoing debate over whether law schools are misrepresenting the job prospects for graduates might yet bear some positive outcomes: the American Bar Association is... more

• Profits at top US firms called into question

  Aug 22 2011 The Wall Street Journal has reported that over half of the top US law firms may have overstated their average profits per equity partner, and around 22 per cent of the... more

• Compulsory diversity reporting for UK law firms

  Aug 03 2011 Law firms in the UK will be required to publish diversity and social mobility statistics online under a plan recently approved by the Legal Services Board. The... more

• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher improves diversity stats

  Jul 06 2011 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has reported much improved diversity statistics this year, after copping criticism on this issue in recent years. The firm ranked 67 of 194... more

• Pro-Bono work in decline at US law firms

  Jul 04 2011 The American Lawyer magazine has released statistics showing that pro-bono output declined at the top 100 US firms in the past year, during which those same firms... more

• US diversity scorecard stabilizes in 2010

  Jun 10 2011 The Am Law Daily has completed its Diversity Scorecard for 2010, showing a 0.2 per cent increase in the proportion of minority lawyers at big firms, to 13.9 percent.... more

• Just 68.4% of US grads land jobs that require bar passage

  Jun 01 2011 The National Association for Legal Career Professionals (‘NALP’) has reported that only 68.4 per cent of 2010 law school graduates were able to land a job requiring... more

• US Legal Industry Adds 1,500 Jobs in April

  May 10 2011 Finally some good news on US legal industry job statistics: the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that the industry added 1,500 jobs in April after two... more

• UK partner promotions are on the rise

  Apr 25 2011 Over half of the top 30 UK firms have announced their partner promotions for the year, and all but one firm have increased the number of promotions over last year’s... more

• Women make up nearly half of the UK legal industry; but account for just 21% of partnerships

  Apr 08 2011 The Law Society in the UK has reported that there are 150,128 qualified to work in England and Wales. Those holding current practising certificates - which excludes... more

• Law schools must commit to transparency

  Mar 10 2011 As the economic crisis wiped thousands of legal jobs from the board, law schools have attracted criticism for saddling students with debt when there is little prospect... more

• The demise of the trial lawyer

  Feb 14 2011 Court statistics show a trend away from jury trials, with disputes increasingly being settled by alternative means outside the courtroom. U.S. District courts had... more

• Is Villanova law school the only US school fudging the figures?

  Feb 10 2011 The dean of the Villanova University School of Law, John Y. Gotanda, has admitted that the school had knowingly reported inaccurate data to the American Bar... more

• Are US law schools cooking the books?

  Jan 13 2011 The New York Times has published an article that describes the financial hell faced by US students who have taken on huge student loans to pay for legal education,... more

• US legal sector lost 1,000 jobs in December

  Jan 12 2011 The US legal industry shed 1,000 jobs in December in the third straight month of job losses, accoding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite the losses, the sector... more

• Lawyers less likely to work part-time than other professionals

  Jan 12 2011 The number of lawyers at large law firms that are working part time has risen from 2.4 per cent in 1994 to 6.4 per cent 2010, but lawyers are far less likely to work... more

• Large US law firms take a step backwards on diversity

  Jan 03 2011 US law firms seemed to be moving in the right direction on diversity issues, hiring more women, people of color and people with disabilities, until the recession... more

• Diversity statistics in the magic circle: what do they hide?

  Dec 22 2010 Large law firms ever keen to establish that they are hiring an ethnically diverse range of lawyers, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is no exception: the firm has... more

• Job prospects down, but fees and applications at law schools are on the rise

  Nov 17 2010 While the job market in the legal sector remains dire, students are applying to law school in record numbers and are willing to borrow to finance soaring tuition fees.... more

• US legal sector gains jobs, opposing national trend

  Oct 12 2010 For the third month in a row, the US legal sector added jobs, with the Bureau of Labor statistics reporting an increase of 2,500 jobs in September. While the... more

• Diversity outcomes sacrificed in tough economic climate

  Oct 01 2010 Diversity efforts by US law firms have stalled, according to new data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault.com. The 2009 summer intake had the... more

• Study says top US firms set to shed 17,500 non-partner jobs

  Sep 30 2010 Statistical analysis of the job market by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and others has predicted that things were looking up for legal professionals. But a new... more

• US legal sector gains 1000 jobs in August

  Sep 06 2010 The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' has reported that the US economy lost 54,000 jobs in August. But things were looking ever-so-slightly better in the legal industry,... more

• Litigation statistics debate continue: All India Seminar on Judicial Reforms looks at real statistics and real numbers

  Aug 03 2010 The All India Seminar on Judicial Reforms (Balance Sheet of 60 years of the administration of Justice under the Indian Constitution 1950 to 2010) organised by the... more

• US legal sector sheds 3,900 jobs in June

  Jul 07 2010 June was a bad month for employment in the US legal sector, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting a drop 3,900 jobs. Meanwhile, the modest gains reported... more

• No relief for legal sector as US unemployment drops

  May 10 2010 The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released a new employment report showing the addition 290,000 jobs to the US economy in April, with nearly 80 percent of them in... more

• Analysing the results of the annual promotions round

  Apr 30 2010 As more and more firms announce the results of this year’s promotions round, Roll On Friday is collating the results in tables that demonstrate some interesting... more

• Transparency for law school stats?

  Apr 20 2010 A new not-for-profit organisation called Law School Transparency will allow prospective students to access and compare detailed employment and salary information for... more

• Record numbers accepted onto law courses

  Nov 04 2009 University admissions statistics have revealed that more students than ever before have been accepted onto law courses. The provisional figures published by... more

• Number of journalists jailed worldwide dropped in 2007: CPJ

  Dec 06 2007 The number of journalists behind bars decreased from 134 in 2006 to 127 at the end of 2007, according to a year-end report issued by the Committee to Protect... more