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Law Practice

Aug. 8, 2011

Legal jobs jump in July

The month of July was generous to the legal sector, showing job growth that brought back more than the nearly 3,000 jobs lost in June.


By Casey Sullivan


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The month of July was generous to the legal sector, showing job growth that brought back more than the nearly 3,000 jobs lost in June.


U.S. Labor Department data released Friday showed a 3.6 percent surge in the number of legal services jobs, from 1,110,600 jobs in June to 1,114,600 in July. The increase came as employers in all industries nationwide added 117,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fel...

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