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Corporate, Real Estate, and Intellectual Property Law Practice Areas Projected to Boom
April 07, 2008
Pasadena, CA — With legal job market growth expected to remain average for the next few years, along with an increase in job competition, a handful of legal practice areas are expected to thrive in the coming months, according to LawCrossing. LawCrossing, the fastest-growing legal job board online with more than 135,000 legal jobs, found that its top six attorney job areas are corporate, real estate, intellectual property, tax, banking, and employment law. According to LawCrossing's research, the job board currently displays approximately 18,000 corporate law jobs, topping the attorney job selection with the most jobs for a specific concentration. Following corporate law's huge lead are real estate law with approximately 9,000 jobs, intellectual property law with approximately 6,200 jobs, tax law with approximately 6,000 jobs, banking law with approximately 5,500 jobs, and employment law with approximately 5,000 jobs. Supporting LawCrossing's findings, the BCG Attorney Search Spring 2008 State of the Market Report found that there will be a strong need for intellectual property attorneys. The demand for intellectual property lawyers is relevant in all U.S. regions, with less emphasis on the Southwest. There is a particular interest in patent prosecution and litigation, trademark, and intellectual property transactional experience. The report also states that corporate work is on the rise, with promising projections for Southern and Northern California, the Northwest, and the Southwest. Attorney jobs in employment-related practice areas appear to be increasing throughout the country, with a need for junior and mid-level associates in labor and employment areas in Southern California. This also continues in the Northeast, Southwest, and Midwest, with an emphasis on ERISA. According to the report, "ERISA is in demand, as always, and remains a highly marketable practice area." With tax season in full force, there is a particularly solid push for tax and bankruptcy attorneys. Southern California has a need for bankruptcy attorneys, and tax experience remains popular in the Northeast and Southwest. It is also projected that there will be a need for highly qualified laterals in bankruptcy in the Midwest. Contact: Mary Waldron LawCrossing 626-243-1821 maryw@lawcrossing.com About LawCrossing: LawCrossing is an affiliate of EmploymentCrossing. Established in 2000, EmploymentCrossing is the fastest-growing job website to date. EmploymentCrossing helps job seekers find employment with its 35-plus industry-specific job boards. This job-opening research institution employs more than 500 researchers who specialize in gathering and posting every single job available online or in printed resources.
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