Statistics of In-house Lawyers in Japan
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In-house Lawyers in Japan


Number of In-house Lawyers (2005~2024)

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Bar Association (Region)

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Gender

Chart of the number of In-house lawyers in the by gender (2001~2024)

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Top 20 companies by number of in-house lawyers

Number of Companies hiring In-house Lawyers: 1,493 Total Hires: 3,391 (June 2024)

Rank Company Number
1 LY Corporation 74
2 MITSUI & CO., LTD. 36
3 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited 35
4 Amazon Japan G.K. 32
5 Marubeni Corporation 28
6 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation 26
7 Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. 25
8 Accenture Japan Ltd. 24
8 Mitsubishi Corporation 24
10 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) 21
10 MUFG Bank, Ltd. 21
12 KDDI CORPORATION 20
13 Toyota Tsusho Corporation 18
13 Recruit Co., Ltd. 18
15 SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. 17
15 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 17
17 Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. 16
18 NTT DOCOMO, INC. 15
18 Sumitomo Corporation 15
20 Itochu Corporation 14

The number of In-house lawyers who are working as civil servants

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1. JFBA survey (2010 ~ 2024 edition of the Lawyer's White Paper, Part 2: Expansion of the Scope of Lawyers' Activities (3) The Status of Fixed-term Public Officials)