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Lawyers and managers rank their strategic priorities for 2024

Technology integration Data security and privacy compliance Expansion of practice areas Client acquisition and diversification Environmental, social and governance efforts Legal optimization and efficiency Risk and litigation management Technology implementation and automation

Legal professionals in highest demand

The following positions are in the top 15% of legal roles in demand, according to analysis of thousands of job postings and Robert Half placements. Law Clerk Manager Lawyer, 2-3 Years’ Experience Legal administrative assistant Legal receptionist Discover more Legal insights and trends

Law firms and legal departments will leverage more contract talent

65% of lawyers and managers in law firms and legal departments plan to hire more contract professionals in the second half of 2024. Legal specialist Law firm admin Legal research and analysis Lawyer Compliance and risk management In-house counsel Legal admin Litigation support eDiscovery
*Statistics Canada, seasonally adjusted, December 2024. Over one hundred thousand new positions from hundreds of independent job boards and company websites are represented in this report including over 8,000 placements from Robert Half. Positions are categorized to over 350 job titles within Robert Half’s 2024 Salary Guide using a proprietary mapping methodology that employs state-of-the-art large language models. This dataset includes roles across the finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, and human resources professions. Calculations based on job postings provided by TalentNeuron. Online surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives, senior managers and employees from small (1-99 employees), midsize (100-999 employees) and large (1,000-10,000 or more employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.