Women Overtaking Men In law
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The latest Law Society 2017 statistics report on the profession shows women solicitors now outnumber men in England and Wales. We analysed the statistics to show how women and men perform in the legal sector.
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- 1. Over 60% of law graduates are female but only 30% of partners in law firms are female. We explore how females are rapidly rebalancing the books and taking a lead in the legal profession! Women In The Law Rebalancing The Books
- 2. FEMALES V MALES GRADUATING IN LAW DEGREES An Eleven year Snapshot 2005 2010 2015 2016 36.4% 63.6% 37.1% 62.9% 36.9% 63.1% 36.47% 63.53% MALE 4392 FEMALE 7692 MALE 5303 FEMALE 9008 MALE 5682 FEMALE 9749 MALE 5817 FEMALE 10,133 TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES 16,464 TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES 14,311 TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES 15,431 TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES 15.950
- 3. FIRST CLASS UPPER 2ND CLASS LOWER 2ND CLASS 13.3% 11.7% 57.8% 54.6% 23.7% 26.7% FEMALES BEAT THE MALES WITH UNI DEGREE GRADES Summer 2016 Grades:
- 4. GRADUATES TAKING ON TRAINING CONTRACTS WITH LAW FIRMS i.e. entering the legal profession MALE 2,162 FEMALE 3,56662.3% 37.7% MALE 2,030 FEMALE 3,42762.8% 37.2% 2015 to 2016 2014 to 2015 MALE 1,958 FEMALE 3,04360.8% 39.2% 2013 to 2014 MALE 2,043 FEMALE 3,25963.4% 38.5% 2012 to 2013 MALE 3,185 FEMALE 4,91060.7% 39.3% 2011 to 2012
- 5. PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN TRAINING CONTRACTS SECURED OVER 10 YEARS The total number of graduates securing training contracts has fallen by 0.4% (to 5,728) since 10 years ago, but males have been hit hardest, with females securing more of the available training contracts. MALE -1.7% FEMALE +0.4%
- 6. FEMALE SOLICITORS VS MALE SOLICITORS ON THE ROLL 2016 saw the total number of female solicitors on the Roll exceed males for the first time EVER! * Above stats show solicitors ‘on the roll’. i.e. including practising and non-practising solicitors. MALE 86,013 MALE 81,530 MALE 81,767 FEMALE 79,958 FEMALE 77,114 FEMALE 78,627 48.2% 48.6% 49.1% 51.8% 51.4% 50.9% 2012 2013 2014 MALE 84,643 FEMALE 83,583 49.7% 50.3% 2015 MALE 87,150 FEMALE 88,010 50.3% 49.7% 2016
- 7. PRACTISING FEMALE SOLICITORS VS MALE SOLICITORS The gap between the number of female practising solicitors compared to males is at its lowest EVER and (if these growth rates are maintained) likely to outnumber their male counterparts in 2017! 47.4% 2012FEMALE 61,018 52.6%MALE 67,760 47.7% 2013FEMALE 60,871 52.3%MALE 66,805 48.2% 2014FEMALE 62,844 51.8%MALE 67,538 48.8% 2015FEMALE 65,147 51.2%MALE 68,220 49.5% 2016FEMALE 67,393 50.5%MALE 68,783
- 8. NUMBER OF FEMALE PARTNERS VS MALE PARTNERS 2012 FEMALE 8,090 26.7% FEMALE 22,199 73.3% 2013 FEMALE 8,115 27.2% FEMALE 21,748 872.8% 2014 FEMALE 7,985 27.5% FEMALE 8,090 21,046 2015 FEMALE 8,090 28.2% FEMALE 20,594 71.8% 2016 FEMALE 8,105 28.8% FEMALE 20,082 71.2% Males still dominate at partnership level BUT Females are closing the gap.
- 9. FEMALES MAKE UP ALMOST 2/3 OF PRACTISING SOLICITORS AGED UNDER 35! 26,392 practising female solicitors aged under 35 62% 16,167 practising male solicitors aged under 35 62% A GREATER % OF FEMALES OCCUPY IN HOUSE POSITIONS (2016) 56% 22,889 Female 44% 17,957 Male
- 10. OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS (TO 2016) THE ANNUAL GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF FEMALE SOLICITORS AVERAGED MALE SOLICITORS AVERAGED JUST 1.1% ANNUAL GROWTH. 3.5% As the stats in this infographic show, women in the law are most definitely on the rise and will inevitably overtake men in more areas over the next few years.
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