While legal employment failed to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that the picture did improve throughout the year, finishing on a positive note in the fourth quarter despite the headwinds of the rapidly spreading omicron variant of Covid-19.
In the fourth quarter, legal employment climbed to its highest levels of 2021 (1.85 million), representing an increase of 67,000 jobs since Q1 and inching closer to the pre-pandemic employment levels of fourth-quarter 2019 (2.01 million). Increases in the employment ranks of lawyers, paralegals, and legal support workers fueled overall strong growth in the fourth ...
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