USA lawyer number and its role

Some pundits say, American lawyer number is 954000 people (as of the end of 2004). In fact, this data is only the number of private lawyer.

According to incomplete statistics,The 1000000 lawyersMainly distributed in the sequence of eight categories of:

1, private lawyers: probably accounts for all 74% lawyers, it seems, innumerable multitude of USA lawyers in the outsiders, mainly refers to USA private lawyer.The lawyer is to provide legal consultation and legal defense for personal.

2, members and their assistants: America Senate has 100 senators, 17 standing committee. And the federal house of the existing 435 members, 19 standing committee. The Standing Committee of each has about 20 members (including the majority and the minority party). The work of the Standing Committee of each bill submitted to Congress of the draft law -- investigation, hearings, arguments and suggestions, and then sent to the discussion and voting.Preparation and coordination of these jobs are done by lawyers.

3, judges and assistant. In American, not as a lawyer and a judge, is almost unimaginable. The judge USA federal system 1200 (including the Federal Supreme Court 9, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in federal district court in 331, 860), the state court has about more than 80000. In general,Have a Sheriff office each judge. Its members are basically made up of lawyers. Preliminary statistics, for each judge lawyers have 5 - 10. This kind of law about the American Bar 3%.

        4, the government lawyer: now, USA 94 federal prosecutors area, each area (including the prosecutor and assistant prosecutor, each area has about 50) was a government lawyer, are appointed by the president. Similarly, the government agency is a government lawyer (even The Pentagon has a large number of government lawyers).This partGovernment lawyers about the American Bar 8%.

      5, corporate lawyers: This is the one big characteristic American lawyer system, USA companies have their own legal departments, they only for each big company. Of course, with the development of business, some lawyers don't even do business lawyer, and have worked as a CEO. It is understood, this partCompany law of the American Bar 8%

      6, a civil rights lawyer: American has a number of lawyers for blacks and other minorities and women, the disabled and all kinds of people, all people are vulnerable groups and lawyers discrimination, called a civil rights lawyer, mainly by the Justice Department's civil rights division is responsible for American federal. These ones hereCivil rights lawyers about the American Bar 1%.

      7, part-time lawyer: this part mainly active in lawyers in legal education, such as the Harvard University law school famous Dershowitz professor have long enjoyed a good reputation is a lawyer. ThisPart-time lawyer about the American Bar 1%.

      8, public interest lawyers: legal services these lawyers in legal aid, environmental protection, public interests. This partPublic interest lawyers of the law 1%.