As I wrote some time ago, most of my writing and speaking these days is going to be focused on and directed to the aging profession. Mike Bowler, statewide bar counsel, recently redid his chart showing the age of lawyers licensed in Connecticut, and it is reproduced below. There are two takeaways that we should be focusing on: One is that the average age of the bar is getting up there, and the other is that retiring lawyers are not being replaced.

As you can see, the age distribution used to be a bell-shaped curve with the 50s as the high point. Now it seems to be more of a wave form, with a peak moving from the 50s into the 60s. According to Mike, who keeps these stats along with myriad other administrivia related to the management of licensure issues, the number of lawyers who register every year continues to increase because the bar members practice and live longer.