Friday, September 2, 2011

August 2011 legal employmenTTT

Having published this table, there isn't much else that needs to be said. There is no growth in the U.S. legal industry. If anything, I'd guess that even if headcount remains static, the payroll is shrinking as associates are replaced with staff attorneys and temps. From the Wall Street Journal:
Meanwhile, unemployed lawyers now find themselves in the country's most cutthroat race for a job, with less than one opening for every 100 working attorneys.
The only good news of late is that the message is sinking in and law school applications are down considerably.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm

Not seasonally adjustedAugust20101,117,800
June20111,121,600
July20111,124,700
August20111,118,700900
Seasonally adjustedAugust20101,113,800
June20111,109,700
July20111,113,800
August20111,113,900100
Change from July 11-August 11100

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