The gummint says the legal industry added 7,800 jobs in 2012. In brighter news, the number of applicants continued to plummet. I dream that one day only the most special of snowflakes will think taking on six-figure debt to go to law school is a good idea.
A message from the ABA:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | December | 2011 | 1,118,800 | |
| October | 2012 | 1,123,300 | ||
| November | 2012 | 1,123,400 | ||
| December | 2012 | 1,125,700 | 6,900 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | December | 2011 | 1,115,600 | |
| October | 2012 | 1,122,600 | ||
| November | 2012 | 1,122,400 | ||
| December | 2012 | 1,123,400 | 7,800 | |
| Change from Nov-12 to Dec-12 | 1,000 |
Winning ABA meme is winning.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for the first closure of a law school because applicants < total seats.
ReplyDeleteIt will happen. And it will be like Christmas when the dynamite goes boom.