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Number of members

Currently, approximately 6,800 lawyers are admitted to the bars in Austria and the number of trainee lawyers is approximately 2,300. 

The following comparison shows that in Austria the offer of legal advice and assistance is sufficient in proportion to the population (figures as at 31 December 2022):
 

BarLawyersWomen
Lawyers
Trainee
Lawyers
Women
Trainee
Lawyers
Burgenland75162415
Carinthia262566437
Lower Austria47512110754
Upper Austria70714120697
Salzburg420919446
Styria59113020293
Tyrol55611413369
Vorarlberg244475228
Vienna3.5499651.403704
Total6.8791.6812.2851.143



In addition, 105 established European lawyers were practising in Austria as of the end of 2022.

Total (end of 2022): 6,879 lawyers
Total (end of 2021): 6,774 lawyers
Total (end of 2020): 6,605 lawyers
Total (end of 2019): 6,572 lawyers
Total (end of 2018): 6,389 lawyers
Total (end of 2017): 6,238 lawyers
Total (end of 2016): 6,132 lawyers
Total (end of 2015): 6,057 lawyers
Total (end of 2014): 5,940 lawyers
Total (end of 2013): 5,805 lawyers
Total (end of 2012): 5,756 lawyers
Total (end of 2011): 5,633 lawyers
Total (end of 2010): 5,518 lawyers
Total (end of 2009): 5,414 lawyers
Total (end of 2008): 5,272 lawyers
Total (end of 2007): 5,129 lawyers
Total (end of 2006): 4,986 lawyers
Total (end of 2005): 4,851 lawyers
Total (end of 2000): 3,969 lawyers
Total (end of 1995): 3,261 lawyers

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