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Law Practice

Jun. 10, 2013

Report: US legal sector lost 500 jobs in May

Though both the number of unemployed people and the unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged in May, the U.S. legal sector lost 500 jobs that month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Though both the number of unemployed people and the unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged in May, the U.S. legal sector lost 500 jobs that month, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday.


Jobs in the legal sector dipped from 1,129,800 to 1,129,300 from April to May, according to seasonally adjusted numbers in the monthly report. But market observers sai...

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