There is some good news for the legal industry, as it was able to add 4,000 new jobs in the month of July. This is especially good news, considering that the legal industry lost 2,900 jobs in the month of June, and it is good to see it rebound.
Although the legal industry has gone through its share of ups and downs so far this year, 900 new legal jobs have been created in the US with all of the losses and gains put together.
The legal industry did better than the overall US economy in July, and the nation’s overall unemployment rate was only slightly lowered from 9.2 to 9.1 percent.
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on August 8, 2011. Filed under Home,Legal News.
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