You can tell I take this blog seriously when I forget that I hadn't posted January. Fixed.
During its relatively brief existence, the world has passed it by. As Nando reports, anti-law school sentiment is now mainstream. Want to know what otherworldly, self-serving tripe your favorite law school dean is dishing out? Read CNN. Nice photo of the JMLS building in the article, BTW. I can only imagine how many lemmings have stood on the Chicago 'L' platform by the school, seen the sign, and thrown their life away.
Back to the matter at hand. Year-over-year industry growth was about 7,000 positions. In another impressive statistic, JMLS accepted 64% of applicants for the class of 2017. It's hard to consider law a profession when the criterion for a legal education is being able to fog a mirror.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | January | 2013 | 1,122,800 | |
| November | 2013 | 1,137,700 | ||
| December | 2013 | 1,138,900 | ||
| January | 2014 | 1,129,700 | 6,900 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | January | 2013 | 1,130,200 | |
| November | 2013 | 1,135,600 | ||
| December | 2013 | 1,135,200 | ||
| January | 2014 | 1,137,200 | 7,000 | |
| Change from Dec-13 to Jan-14 | 2,000 |
