A recent OSB survey shows that the number of members in private practice continues to decline, from 71 percent in 2002 to 67 percent last year. In addition, 78 percent of OSB members were full-time lawyers a decade ago; 72 percent are today. Average and median compensation may have increased increased, but by less than in previous surveys; median hours billed also dropped. These new numbers are "an indication of some of the challenges of practicing right now," as Cliff Collins reports.
Taking the Bar's Measure
Newest Oregon State Bar Survey Finds a Changing Profession
By Cliff Collins
Bar Counsel
Enforcing the Rules: A
Look at Lawyer Discipline
in Oregon
By Jeff Sapiro
The Legal Writer
Cutting the Clutter: Spring
Cleaning for Writing
By Elizabeth Ruiz Frost
Bar Actions
Discipline
Reinstatements
Applications
Bar People
Among Ourselves
Moves
In Memoriam