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100 Legal Jobs Added in November, According to BLS Stats
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report released today, the legal sector added 100 jobs in November,Am Law Daily reports.
The profession also added 400 jobs in October. The Am Law Daily cautions that the recent small increases don’t offset jobs lost in more recent months, and overall, the profession suffered a net loss of 1,000 jobs in 2011. Also, according to the report, the legal profession is down 3,100 jobs since November 2010.
Overall, the country’s jobless rate is 8.6 percent, according to the report. Previously this year, the number has been reported as 9 percent. The drop may be somewhat deceiving, the New York Times reports, because about 315,000 unemployed workers left the labor pool.
