The U.S. legal industry added 2,000 jobs in June as the country’s overall economy also posted employment gains, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the federal government.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics showed an uptick in legal jobs in its monthly employment report for the third straight month. The legal services industry employed 1,130,800 people in June, compared with 1,128,800 in May, according to seasonally-adjusted BLS jobs data. The figures are provisional and could be revised.
