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Indias Legal Landscape?

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French 19 Oct 2015, 23:26

I am in the US and trying to gain a better understanding of India’s legal landscape. I have read there are around 600k attorneys in India, but how many of those are small firm or solo practicing lawyers? What does that market look like?

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kianganz 20 Oct 2015, 07:26

Most lawyers are independent advocates, I would estimate around 10,000-20,000 or so work in law firms with more than 5 lawyers, while maybe 10% are sole practitioners.

Those are complete guesstimates though and the regulator has no idea…

http://www.legallyindia.com/tag/number-of-lawyers

Why are you asking? Maybe I can help with something more specific…

AnonymousLLB 22 Oct 2015, 20:19

Thanks for the information! I’m doing a report on Indias legal landscape and it’s been more difficult to research than anticipated. Do attorneys advertise themselves or is it done through firms? Here in America solo and small firms spend a lot of money on advertising and I was curious if it was similar in India.

Any help is very much appreciated!

kianganz 22 Oct 2015, 20:45

Indian lawyers are forbidden from advertising. Here are a few links that may be interesting:

http://www.legallyindia.com/tag/advertising

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