There was a gain of 2,100 legal jobs in April 2013 and 10,000 year-over-year. Going back to April 2011, there were 1,114,000 jobs. So, things are picking up a bit, about 17,000 jobs over the last two years, but not enough assuage tens of thousands of newly-minted JDs. Matter of fact, things are so rosy that the Alabama State Bar is warning students away.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | April | 2012 | 1,116,000 | |
| February | 2013 | 1,117,700 | ||
| March | 2013 | 1,122,900 | ||
| April | 2013 | 1,126,600 | 10,600 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | April | 2012 | 1,120,700 | |
| February | 2013 | 1,125,100 | ||
| March | 2013 | 1,128,600 | ||
| April | 2013 | 1,130,700 | 10,000 | |
| Change from Mar-13 to Apr-13 | 2,100 |
A reader also sent me a link to the Illinois State Bar Association report entitled "Special Committee on the Impact of Law School Debt on the Delivery of Legal Services - Final Report & Recommendations" on March 8, 2013. According to the bottom of the first page, the board will vote to recommend adoption by the ISBA A$$embly in June 2013.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.isba.org/sites/default/files/committees/Law%20School%20Debt%20Report%20-%203-8-13.pdf