After a not-so-wonderful second quarter, the employment picture for the legal field improved in Q3 with—as usual—some groups faring better than others.
Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that overall legal employment climbed from 1.80 million in Q2 to 1.83 million in Q3, and the average unemployment rate fell from 1.43% to 0.93%, indicating that many of the unemployed in the legal field found legal work in Q3 (or dropped out of the workforce).
There were notable gains in employment by lawyers (1.07 million in Q2 to 1.13 million in Q3) and legal support staff (65,000 in Q2 to ...
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