Morning News Roundup for Thursday

This morning’s top stories:

The American Bar Association estimates that at least 3,500 attorneys and staff lost their jobs in March 2009…

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell laid off an undisclosed number of lawyers and staff this week…

Volunteer Lawyers for Justice is holding a job fair for deferred associates looking for public interest jobs…

Divorce and family law firm The Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer has announced a recruiting program to hire current law school students as law clerks…

United Law Group is hiring more than 70 attorneys, paralegals, processors and customer service representatives to staff a new office in Irvine…