Professor Elam

Thursday January 3 2012

Take a look at the pass rate on the Texas Bar Exam.

Now read that there are 21,800 attorney positions, but 44,000 aspiring attorneys.

Here is an article on the national surplus of entering attorneys.

Here are the numbers of attorneys by state.

I was surprised. I expected over 100,000 attorneys and I suspect since 2010 the number has gone higher.  in 2010 there were 77,000 practicing attorneys in Texas. My understanding is that there are about 60,000 CPAs in Texas. And of course there are many that are now certified in internal audit and other fields. 

But you are not reading articles about the surplus of CPAs. One reason is the lower pass rate on the CPA exam.

The growing number of regulations and need to streamline business continues to create positions for CPAs. We are ramping up our intermediate accounting program to better prepare our students for the challenge of passing such exams.