2020: Membership
We maintained steady membership numbers in 2020, although this was the first time since 2015 that our membership did not grow in size.
At the end of 2020 we had 1,702 members on our books, compared to 1,712 at the same point in 2019.
Notably, there was a drop in new student members which may be an early indication of the pressures being exerted on career entrants.
We were pleased to welcome 62 CITMA Paralegal members, many who joined us on completion of the CITMA Paralegal Course in the autumn. Doubling the number who joined the previous year.
We also saw a rise in the number of Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys (Ordinary members and Fellows) year-on-year from 823 in 2019 to 828 this year.
Total members in 2020
| Member Category | Total number of members |
| Affiliate | 19 |
| Allied | 56 |
| Associate | 135 |
| CITMA Paralegal | 362 |
| Fellow | 37 |
| Honorary | 14 |
| Ordinary | 791 |
| Overseas | 141 |
| Retired | 13 |
| Student | 134 |
| Total | 1,702 |
New members during 2020
| Member Category | Total number of new members |
| Allied | 6 |
| Associate | 4 |
| CITMA Paralegal | 62 |
| Honorary | 1 |
| Ordinary | 15 |
| Overseas | 9 |
| Student | 26 |
| Total | 123 |
