Numbers of Legal Occupations in Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 4,640
2006 4,570
2007 4,720
2008 5,170
2009 4,650
2010 4,400
2011 4,440
2012 3,890
2013 3,970
2014 1,150
2015 1,230
2016 1,220
2017 4,020

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 3,190
2006 3,030
2007 3,250
2008 3,260
2009 2,900
2010 2,940
2011 2,860
2012 2,760
2013 2,490
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 2,710

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2013 70
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 70
2006 70
2007 70
2009 80
2012 100
2013 100
2014 80
2015 110
2016 130
2017 90

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2006 80
2007 90
2009 0
2010 0
2013 50
2014 60

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 190
2006 180
2007 140
2008 150
2009 160
2010 150
2011 120
2012 0
2013 120
2014 0
2015 0
2017 70

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 810
2006 740
2007 930
2008 1,250
2009 1,130
2010 1,180
2011 1,170
2012 820
2013 880
2014 780
2015 720
2016 700
2017 770

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 0
2006 300
2007 240
2008 280
2009 220
2010 0
2011 140
2012 80
2013 50
2014 0
2015 210
2016 230
2017 210

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 380
2006 170
2007 0
2008 230
2009 160
2010 130
2011 150
2012 130
2013 210
2014 230
2015 190
2016 160
2017 170