US Legal sector still in decline

New statistics show that while the US unemployment rate remained steady at 9.7 per cent in March, the Legal sector was slightly worse off, losing a further 500 jobs during the period. Since March 2009, around 31,300 jobs have been lost in the legal sector, and while the March figures are a vast improvement over previous months, they are a step back from the progress s made in February, when the sector actually gained 700 jobs.

US Legal sector still in decline amlawdaily.typepad.com Wed, Apr 7, 2010