The Legal Job Candidate Report offers a concise view of the Legal job market. This study highlights current employment trends and candidate activity across the United States and focuses on Legal professionals and recruiters looking to hire Legal talent. This report provides: An overall look at Legal market conditions and employment forecasts A look at demographics and locations of Legal talent across the United States

1. SNAPSHOT:
LEGAL
U.S. Job Candidates
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October 2011

2. Legal | Market Conditions
Legal Employment Trends LEGAL FOOTPRINT:
More than 176,300 Legal job seekers
MONSTER EMPLOYMENT INDEX
have public resumes for employers to
(Source: Monster Employment Index (MEI):
http://www.about-monster.com/employment/index/15) view on Monster
Index YoY Change Paralegals/Legal Secretary 47%
160 30%
Attorney 14%
150 25% Contracts Admin. 12%
140 20%
Regulatory/Compliance Law 8%
130 15%
120 10% Other Legal Related 19%
110 5%
100 0%
EVERY MONTH in the U.S.:
90 -5%
(Source: Monster Internal Data, 12-month average,
80 -10% Sept ‘10 – Aug ‘11)
J-11
J-11
J-11
O-10
N-10
D-10
S-11
S-10
A-11
A-11
F-11
M-11
M-11
Candidates viewed Legal jobs
1.0 million times on Monster.com
The Legal Monster Employment Index, which
tracks U.S. online recruitment activity, had a Candidates responded to Legal jobs
weak start to 2011 which returned to positive 114,700 times on Monster.com
growth in March.
6,800 new Legal resumes are added
Legal Employment Forecasts to Monster.com
(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2010-2011; Occupation Employment, May 2010)
Top Keywords/Titles Searched
The Legal occupation is forecasted to grow
by 15% from 2008-2018, adding 188,400 1. Legal 6. Paralegal/Legal Assistant
new jobs. 2. Legal Assistant 7. Law Clerk
Lawyers account for a majority of the Legal 3. Legal Secretary 8. Corporate Law
profession. Employment is expected to grow 4. Law 9. Legal Standards
by 13% to 857,700 over the 2008-18 decade
as the occupation adds 98,500 new roles to 5. Law Firm 10. Legal Research
serve the continued growth of legal activity.
Employment of paralegals is forecasted to rise
a strong 28% to 337,900. The significant
Top Skills and Certificates
growth is due to the widening role of these 1. Microsoft Products 6. Legal Research
workers, as they are assigned tasks once
2. Westlaw 7. Lotus Notes
completed by lawyers.
3. WordPerfect 8. Lexis [Nexis]
Two other minor Legal roles include Judges
(4% rise to 53,100) and Court Reporters (18% 4. Customer Service 9. Dictaphone
growth to 25,400). 5. Bilingual – Spanish 10. Timeslips
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3. Legal | Seeker Demographics
Education Level Career Level
Cert/Voc
High Training Student Exec.
School 4% Post 8% 5%
7% Grad
25% Manager
Entry- 21%
Level
17%
2 Year
Degree/
Some
College 4 Year Mid-
31% Degree Career
33% 49%
Experience Level Monster’s Legal Candidates…
15+ Years 20%
• 58% have a Bachelor’s
10+ to 15 Years 14% Degree or higher
7+ to 10 Years 12% • 49% are Mid-Career
5+ to 7 Years 13%
• 46% have 7 or more
2+ to 5 Years 22% years of experience
1+ to 2 Years 10% • Expect to earn a median
of $55,000 per year
Less than 1 year 9%
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4. Legal | Geography
The highest volume of Legal resumes are found in California, New York, Texas, and
Florida. Reviewing the available talent on Monster per workforce volumes shows the
states with the most active Legal resumes; these states include New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Ohio, New Hampshire, Georgia and Texas. Opportunities to obtain Legal
candidates may be less competitive in these areas.
Highest Volume of Available Legal Resumes
Top 10 US States Top 10 US Markets
California 13% New York 14%
New York 11% Los Angeles 7%
Texas 9% Washington DC 5%
Florida 8% Boston 4%
New Jersey 5% Chicago 4%
Pennsylvania 4% Philadelphia 4%
Ohio 4% Dallas 4%
Illinois 4% Atlanta 3%
Massachusetts 4% Houston 3%
Georgia 4% San Francisco 3%
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