Why are there so many female lawyers now?

There are not many female lawyers. Take the ratio of male to female lawyers in 202 1 Shanghai as an example. Among the 26,520 practicing lawyers in Shanghai, there are 59.3% male lawyers15,743, and 40.6% female lawyers10,777. Among the law firms with more than 30 employees, there are 6 176 female lawyers, accounting for 44% of the total number of law firms with more than 30 employees.

A lawyer refers to a person who is entrusted or assigned to provide legal services such as litigation agency or defense business for the parties.

Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; According to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; According to clients and working status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.