Layoffs

Legal Sector Lost 5,800 Jobs Last Month, Labor Bureau Says

By Martha Neil

Nov 6, 2009, 03:05 pm CST

As the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent last month, lawyers were not spared.

The legal sector lost 5,800 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted statistics in a just-released report (PDF) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. When not seasonally adjusted, the figures show a gain of 1,500… full story