In an article on Study International by Emory University School of Law, Leopard Solutions’ jobs market data was cited on why lawyers should consider getting an LLM degree.
As the article notes, the demand for lawyers remains strong, noting that at the time of publication, 8,268 open jobs for lawyers at all levels at just over 1,000 firms across the United States (a number that keeps increasing – see here for the latest legal job market data), representing a 150% increase from the start of the pandemic. The number of open positions has kept growing since the report’s calculations.