ANALYSIS: Pandemic Rollercoaster Sends Legal Employment Plunging

December 4, 2020, 6:59 PM UTC

After three months of gains, employment in legal occupations took a downward dip in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly employment report.

November’s total of 1.89 million Americans employed in legal occupations represents a fall from 1.93 million in October, and effectively wipes out half of the employment gains reported in legal positions since July.

We are seeing a pattern emerging in U.S. legal employment in 2020, one that has obvious ties to the trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic.

November is the third month since the beginning of the health crisis in which employment in legal ...

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