Data released by the AccessLex Institute on Tuesday indicates a strong outlook for the legal industry in the years ahead, while also highlighting a decline in bar passage rates.
According to data released in AccessLex’sLegal Education Data Deck, thelatest occupational outlook from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects lawyer positions will have the second-largest increase in openings among positions requiring a graduate or professional degree from 2021 to 2031 with 80,200 new jobs projected for lawyers, second only to nurse practitioners with 110,700 jobs projected, according to AccessLex.
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