Attorney Career Guides & Job Market Reports
This hub collects BCG’s most useful career intelligence. Use these guides to plan smart moves—whether you’re choosing a path, timing a lateral, weighing ROI, or expanding your geographic options.
The Complete Attorney Career Guide: Navigating Legal Career Paths, Bar Admissions, and Lateral Moves
Step-by-step playbook for choosing practice areas, meeting bar requirements, and executing lateral moves with minimal risk—includes timelines, checklists, and market signals.
Alternative Career Paths for Attorneys: A Comprehensive Guide to 50+ Non-Traditional Legal Careers
50+ JD-advantaged paths with responsibilities, pay ranges, and pivot strategies—position legal skills for business, tech, policy, and more.
Law School ROI Report: Expected Net Lifetime Income of U.S. Law School Graduates
Lifetime earnings model to compare schools, practice settings, and regions—use net-present and break-even views to inform debt and scholarship decisions.
Attorney Lateral Movement: A Comprehensive Guide to Practice Area and Market Transitions
Where demand is rising and which seniority bands move best; tactics to package experience, target receptive markets, and reduce switching friction.
Admission & Portability: The Complete 2026 Guide — State Requirements, Costs, Timelines & Strategic Planning for Attorney Mobility
State-by-state requirements, costs, timelines, and portability rules to expand options or relocate strategically—includes reciprocity and UBE insights.
Optimal Timing for Associate Lateral Moves: Data-Driven Insights on When to Transition for Maximum Compensation, Partnership Prospects, and Career Growth
Data-backed guidance on the best windows to move by practice and seniority—maximize comp growth, platform fit, and partnership trajectory.
Attorney Marketability Index 2026: Complete Practice Area Rankings, Salary Data & Career Intelligence | Legal Job Market Report
2026 benchmark ranking marketability by practice, geography, seniority, hours, and portable business—with salary context and hiring-velocity indicators.
