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Show American Lawvai- Naw Onnnrtunitias y . r NUMBER OF U.S. LAWYERS i 542,205 1960 ; 1970 1980 The number of U.S. lawyers has increased from over 285,000 in 1960 to more than 840.000 today. American lawyers are courting new opportunities these days, both in domestic practice and abroad and the result will be a stronger economy econ-omy and greater job opportunities oppor-tunities for all Americans. . There are over 542,000 lawyers in the . U.S. today, more than 370,000 of whom are in private practice. In 1960, there were only 285,933 lawyers in the U.S. There are some 220 law schools, which' award some 2,091 master's degrees in law each year. The majority of U.S. lawyers conduct con-duct most of their business outside the court, and many have a general practice, providing pro-viding every kind of legal service, from drawing up wills and other legal papers to handling court cases. Others work for corporations or large law firms. Some go on to careers in public office Congress, Con-gress, the state legislatures and administrative agencies have attracted more people from the law than any other profession. Now many American lawyers law-yers are using their skills in a new judicial arena Japan. I The United States and Japan have reached an agreement that enables foreign lawyers to practice in Japan, if they come from states where foreign lawyers, including Japanese, are permitted to practice Hawaii, New York, California, Washington, D C. and Michigan. A number of big American law firms have plans to open offices in Japan in the coming months, following a trend set by American investment bankers. Merrill Lynch, Mor- I gan Stanley, First Boston and Salomon Brothers all have Tokyo operations. This new mutual exchange of legal services is considered a major advance in economic and trading relations between be-tween our two nations. Lawyers Law-yers at many top Wall Street firms feel that the program should help increase penetration penetra-tion of American companies in the Japanese market and ease the flow of capital from Japan to the U.S. and other countries. I |
