Members and Law Firms
(as at 15 Feb 2023)
Comparison of Size of Law Practices
|
Year
|
1 to 5 lawyers
|
6 to 30 lawyers
|
> 30 lawyers
|
|
2011
|
4152
|
428
|
26
|
|
2012
|
4283
|
469
|
31
|
|
2013
|
4418
|
493
|
30
|
|
2014
|
4682
|
528
|
32
|
|
2015
|
4554
|
517
|
30
|
|
2016
|
4718
|
552
|
30
|
|
2017
|
4699
|
570
|
30
|
|
2018
|
5187
|
616
|
30
|
|
2019
|
5357
|
668
|
35
|
|
2020
|
5498
|
713
|
33
|
|
2021
|
5688
|
738
|
34
|
|
2022
|
5817
|
745
|
33
|
|
2023
|
5962
|
792
|
37
|
Number of Practitioners by Years
|
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020 |
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
Total No of Practitioners
|
14517
|
15331
|
16300
|
15896
|
16414
|
16524
|
18230
|
19305
|
19817 |
20384
|
20556
|
21570
|
Breakdown by Number of Years in Practice
|
Year
|
< 7 years
|
7 to 12 years
|
> 12 years
|
|
2013
|
4964
|
2353
|
8014
|
|
2014
|
6631
|
2353
|
7316
|
|
2015
|
5607
|
2236
|
8053
|
|
2016
|
5714
|
2204
|
8491
|
|
2017
|
5774
|
2159
|
8592
|
|
2018
|
6321
|
2987
|
8627
|
|
2019
|
6816
|
3313
|
8866
|
|
2020
|
6913
|
3630
|
8981
|
|
2021
|
6862
|
3948
|
9281
|
|
2022
|
6762
|
4046
|
9445
|
|
2023
|
7213
|
4216
|
9839
|
Breakdown by Gender
|
Year
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
2013
|
7578
|
7753
|
|
2014
|
7908
|
8392
|
|
2015
|
7713
|
8183
|
|
2016
|
7898
|
8516
|
|
2017
|
7886
|
8638
|
|
2018
|
8566
|
9664
|
|
2019
|
8920
|
10385
|
|
2020
|
9035
|
10782
|
|
2021
|
9190
|
11194
|
|
2022
|
9208
|
11348
|
|
2023
|
9508
|
12062
|