Overworked Big Law Can’t Find Enough Lawyers With Demand Surging

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we look at an industry report that shows how the Big Law market returned to “Golden Era” type demand growth—and how that fueled a labor shortage. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings.

The “golden era” of Big Law has not returned since the Great Recession—I used to write that semi-regularly.

I’d write it after a Big Law firm turned in impressive financial results. I’d say something like, “Yeah, 50 percent revenue growth from ...