Too bad the BLS numbers didn't come out on April 1. I could have had all kinds of fun with them. Briefly, this blog just celebrated its fourth anniversary and employment hasn't budged since I started it. That wouldn't be a problem if the number of graduates roughly matched people retiring from the "profession," but that hasn't been the case in decades.
Anyhow, if you're anxious to get smacked upside the head, now is a fine time to head to law school. Any time is a fine time to head to law school.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | March | 2014 | 1,118,000 | |
| January | 2015 | 1,109,900 | ||
| February | 2015 | 1,114,400 | ||
| March | 2015 | 1,116,100 | -1,900 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | March | 2014 | 1,121,700 | |
| January | 2015 | 1,118,000 | ||
| February | 2015 | 1,120,600 | ||
| March | 2015 | 1,119,400 | -2,300 | |
| Change from Feb-15 to Mar-15 | -1,200 |
What a thriving "profession," huh?! Yes, outsourcing, programming, software, and vendors such as LegalZoom are not having an impact on lawyers at all!
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