the past, present, & future of the law

The Past, Present, & Future

of the Law

By Eric M. Jackson, JacksonWhite

The First Lawyer in the World

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

“Village Lawyer”by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1621

16th Century painting of civil law notary by Quentin Mastys

Colonial Times

Andrew Hamilton, lawyer and Speaker of the Assembly

Marbury v. Madison

1803

The Frontier Movement

Dred Scott v. Sanford

1857

Duff Armstrong Case

The Industrial Revolution

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896

Diversity

John S. Rock, the first African-American lawyer to practice before

the U.S. Supreme Court

Myra Bradwell became the first female lawyer in Illinois in 1892.

Korematsu v. United States

1944

The American Bar Association

Post World War II

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Gideon v. Wainwright

1963

Miranda v. Arizona

1966

Loving v. Virginia

1967

Roe v. Wade

1973

Bates v. State Bar of Arizona

1977

Bush v. Gore

2000

Lawrence v. Texas

2003

The Modern Lawyer

• There are 1,268,011 active attorneys in the United States. 75% in Private Practice.†

• 88.1% of US attorneys are white (4.8% African American, 3.7% Hispanic, 3.4% Asian Pacific American).±

• 70% of US attorneys are male.¯

• The annual median salary of lawyers in the United States is between $64,160 and $162,800.* • Arizona falls in the range of

$129,800-$162,800.

†American Bar Association, December 31, 2012.± 2010 U.S. Census, Bureau of the Census.¯The Lawyer Statistical Report, American Bar Foundation, 2012*Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages, May 2013.

Top Practice AreasAccording to the University of Michigan Law School, June 2010.

• Administrative/Regulatory (Government Practice)• Antitrust• Appellate Litigation• Bankruptcy • Corporate• Criminal Law (Prosecution & Defense)• Employee Benefits/ERISA• Employment Discrimination/Labor Law• Energy• Entertainment/Sports/Media & Communication • Environmental Law• Family Law• General Litigation (Civil & Criminal)• Health Care• Immigration Law• Insurance Law (Transactional & Litigation) • Intellectual Property (Licensing & Tech Transfer, Litigation, Patent Prosecution)• International Human Rights• International Trade• Legislative/Lobbying• Real Estate• Securities (Transactional & Litigation)• Tax • Tort/Personal Injury

Arizona• Joseph C. Padilla is the first

Hispanic attorney in AZ in 1936.

• Hayzel B. Daniels is the first African-American admitted to the State Bar in 1948.

• Rodney B. Lewis is the first Native American admitted to the State Bar in 1972.

• Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Sandra Day O’Connor is the first woman nominated to sit on the United States Supreme Court in 1981.

State Bar of Arizona

• First statewide Bar association formed 1895.

• Mandatory membership to the State Bar was adopted in 1933.

• Today, the State Bar serves more than 17,600 active attorneys.

Strange Laws in Arizona

Crazy Modern Court Cases

Bar Examinations

Arizona Law Schools

The Future of Law