The table provides information about the developments in the number of lawyers who opt for different job industries in one country between 2001 and 2016.
In general, it is evident that the figure for lawyers working for governmental bodies accounted for the most percentage among other industries. For male lawyers, an increasing proportion of lawyers working in private and ‘others’ sectors increased, whereas the opposite was true for those working in the government sector. Regarding their counterparts, while there was a diminishing share of them engaging in the ‘others’ sector, an increasing proportion of them worked in other three fields.
Regarding the proportion of male lawyers, although the government was the most engaged industry in 2001 with 45%, this figure soon dropped to 38% in the next fifteen years. In contrast, there was a slight increase in the number of men lawyers working in the private attorney and ‘others’ sector, changing from 15% to 19% and 26% to 29%. Noticeably, a stable growth was seen in the figure for the business industry.
In 2001, government lawyers dominated the proportion of female lawyers with over 40%, which increased marginally by only 1% in 2016, whereas that of ‘others’ industry saw a significant decline from 28% to 16% during the period. A considerable rise was recorded in the figure for women lawyers engaging in private and business sectors, surging accordingly by 4% and by 7%.