If survey summary info and pie charts are to be believed… according to Corporate Counsel’s 2014 law department benchmarking survey, 55% of law departments increased headcount last year. That looks and feels about right to us, and it’s an extraordinarily high percentage compared with previous years. Static headcount is the norm; increases and decreases are usually the outliers. See: http://www.corpcounsel.com/home/id=1202676090048/2014-Law-Department-Metrics-Benchmarking-Survey?mcode=1202615405140&curindex=0