TTTreading water, but not to worry, US News 2014 rankings come out Tuesday and this boring employment stuff will be forgotten as 0Ls work themselves into a lather.
BTW, this go-round BLS revised January 2013 downward by about 1,000.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | February | 2012 | 1,113,500 | |
| December | 2012 | 1,131,900 | ||
| January | 2013 | 1,117,100 | ||
| February | 2013 | 1,118,500 | 5,000 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | February | 2012 | 1,119,700 | |
| December | 2012 | 1,128,000 | ||
| January | 2013 | 1,124,500 | ||
| February | 2013 | 1,124,700 | 5,000 | |
| Change from Jan-13 to Feb-13 | 200 |
Of course, more than 44,000 law grads hit the job market in that time. Of that figure, roughly 25K found employment where bar passage was required. And old fossils generally do not retire from practicing law. What a great recipe for successful new attorneys, huh?!?!
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