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Law Practice

Feb. 5, 2013

Legal jobs fall at beginning of the year

Jobs in the legal industry fell by roughly 2,400 last month, despite a gain of 157,000 overall nonfarm jobs in the economy, according to the latest seasonally adjusted data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Jobs in the legal industry fell by roughly 2,400 last month, despite a gain of about 157,000 overall nonfarm jobs in the larger economy, according to the latest seasonally adjusted data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.


The drop stalls what have been modest increases over the past three years in legal sector employment, which accounts for more than 1.1 million workers in occupations such ...

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