Despite the well-publicised difficulties in the profession during the recession, the number of practicing solicitors have been increasing out of line with population growth.
The market is seeing note worthy growth in the large commercial firms. This appears to be matched by falling numbers of smaller practices that tend to service the non-corporate legal consumer as demand for the corporate solicitor and commercial property solicitors increased significantly in recent years and looks set to continue. Solicitors who had immigrated to the London market or USA are now returning home to take advantage of Ireland's legal market.
Female solicitors are now outnumbering male solicitors practicing in Ireland. We have noticed a huge amount of movement for better benefits in the market place with a close focus on maternity benefits and return to work programs being introduced. As the market is now becoming very candidate driven, firms have to step up their game to hold on to staff as the benefits on offer in the current market are superseding anything that we have seen in the past.
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