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Law Practice

Feb. 10, 2009

Law Jobs Resume Slide in January

Employers in the legal industry reversed course in January and eliminated the same number of jobs they added the month before, according to the latest report issued Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

By Amanda Becker
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Employers in the legal industry reversed course in January and eliminated the same number of jobs they added the month before, according to the latest report issued Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

January's losses erased the 1,300 jobs that legal employers added in December after six consecutive months of decline. There are now almost 24,000 fewer people working for legal employer...

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