⁍ Legal jobs had increased by 7,300 from May to June, after the sector lost 70,400 jobs in March and April.
⁍ The U.S. economy overall added 1.8 million jobs in July.
– The US economy added 1.8 million jobs in July, the Labor Department said Friday, with the legal industry adding the most jobs of any part of the economy. But the number of jobs in the legal industry actually increased for the third consecutive month, Westlaw Today reports. The legal industry added 7,300 jobs in May and June, after losing 70,400 jobs in March and April. The overall economy added 1.8 million jobs in July, the Wall Street Journal reports. The legal industry added jobs at a slower rate in July compared with early summer, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the pandemic continued to roil the economy. Legal services employers added jobs at a slower rate in July compared with early summer, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the pandemic continued to roil the economy. The legal industry saw employment numbers increase for a third consecutive month, Friday’s jobs report showed, while the US economy overall added 1.8 million jobs. But growth slowed as the COVID-19 crisis continued: Legal jobs had increased by 7,300 from May to June, after the sector lost 70,400 jobs in March and April, according to seasonally adjusted BLS figures.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/legal-sector-job-growth-slowed-in-july-a/legal-sector-job-growth-slowed-in-july-as-industry-strives-for-rebound-idUSL1N2F9220