Companies Prepare for In-House Lawyer Hiring Surge, Survey Says

Nearly a third of legal departments are planning to hire more lawyers in 2021, an increase from the number that planned to recruit last year, one of many signs that the pandemic has not slowed department growth, according to a new survey.

The Association of Corporate Counsel’s survey released Tuesday found that more than 32% of general counsel plan on hiring more in-house lawyers this year. That’s up from 30% who said they planned on hiring more lawyers in a 2020 survey completed before the Covid-19 pandemic began.

Among the legal chiefs who plan to hire more in-house counsel, 49% ...