Law Jobs Upsurge!
Is it too early to pronounce that the law jobs market recession is over?
According to recent reports, including this one from the American Lawyer there has been 1500 new law jobs after a couple of months of declines. The current position shows an increase of 1500 law jobs over the same period in 2010. This comes from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics which nonetheless also showed an overall increase in general unemployment from 8.8 per cent to 9 per cent.
As AmLaw Daily reported: The good news for the legal sector comes after the industry lost 300 jobs in March and 2,000 in February. (Last month, we reported that legal jobs were down by 500 in March, but BLS has since revised those numbers.)
The upheaval in the law job market is especially troubling for the many lawyers and law students who are ready to graduate this month but have no jobs to go to. The law jobs positon has been through some serious upheavals with the recession, law firm closures, shrinking departments and more.
Last week, in an article for The New Republic, University of Colorado law professor Paul Campos said the jobs picture is far more dismal than most law schools let on to students.
Law school employment statistics are flawed, Campos wrote–he says the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) and U.S. News and World Report often inflate graduate employment in the legal field. These reports–the ones students largely rely on–include temporary jobs and low-paying gigs that barely require a legal degree, Campos claims.
Whether the law jobs market is set for a sustained recovery only time will tell.
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