The surge in demand for legal services has spurred Australia’s top law firms to go on a hiring spree in 2022, with their workforce increasing more than 8 per cent in the first half of the year.

The ranks of non-partner fee earners (NPFEs) at our biggest 50 corporate firms swelled to 15,115 in the July round of the Law Partnership Survey, with more than a dozen firms recording double-digit growth.