{"id":134424,"date":"2025-10-03T15:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/03\/stats-of-the-week-population-boom-among-in-house-counsel\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:59:40","slug":"stats-of-the-week-population-boom-among-in-house-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/03\/stats-of-the-week-population-boom-among-in-house-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Stat(s) Of The Week: Population Boom Among In-House Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a new report from the Association of Corporate Counsel<\/a> (ACC), the number of in-house counsel in the United States has been consistently growing at a far higher rate than the number of lawyers working in either private practice or government.<\/p>\n

The report, which analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\u2019 annual Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report, finds that the in-house counsel population rose by almost 90% between 2008 and 2024, from 78,000 to 145,000. By contrast, the law firm attorney population grew just 23% while the number of government attorneys increased 38% over the same period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report also examines the geographical distribution of the in-house counsel population, noting substantial increases in established legal hubs like New York as well as dramatic growth in smaller markets, such as Wyoming and Vermont.<\/p>\n

ACC Report Finds In-house Counsel Population Nearly Doubled Since 2008, Growing at a Rate Far Exceeding Law Firm and Government Sectors<\/a> [Association of Corporate Counsel]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post Stat(s) Of The Week: Population Boom Among In-House Counsel<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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According to a new report from the Association of Corporate Counsel<\/a> (ACC), the number of in-house counsel in the United States has been consistently growing at a far higher rate than the number of lawyers working in either private practice or government.<\/p>\n

The report, which analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\u2019 annual Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report, finds that the in-house counsel population rose by almost 90% between 2008 and 2024, from 78,000 to 145,000. By contrast, the law firm attorney population grew just 23% while the number of government attorneys increased 38% over the same period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report also examines the geographical distribution of the in-house counsel population, noting substantial increases in established legal hubs like New York as well as dramatic growth in smaller markets, such as Wyoming and Vermont.<\/p>\n

ACC Report Finds In-house Counsel Population Nearly Doubled Since 2008, Growing at a Rate Far Exceeding Law Firm and Government Sectors<\/a> [Association of Corporate Counsel]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post Stat(s) Of The Week: Population Boom Among In-House Counsel<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a new report from the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the number of in-house counsel in the United States has been consistently growing at a far higher rate than the number of lawyers working in either private practice or government. The report, which analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\u2019 annual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stat-of-the-week-image-dk5X4m.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}