Change in Graduate Outcomes Driven by Small Jobs
My second cut at the class of 2015 employment data: Comparing the law-school classes of 2015 to 2014 (and excluding our three Puerto Rico law schools), there were 3,772 fewer graduates, a decline of...
View ArticleNo Libertarians, the ABA Does Not Control The Supply of Lawyers
Writing for Forbes, University of Chicago law professor Todd Henderson explains to us “Why Lawyer Salaries Are Skyrocketing.” Although he attributes most of the cause of the big-law salary hike to the...
View ArticleClass of 2015 NALP Data: The Mid-Law Crunch
A few weeks ago, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) published the national summary report for its Employment Report and Salary Survey (ERSS) (pdf). Unlike last year, the chart lists the...
View ArticleGood News: Legal Services Industry Grew 2.0 Percent in 2015
Since I started writing here more than six years ago, it’s always been bad news for the legal services industry. Dwindling output, year in, year out. This time, no longer. We have growth: 2.0 percent...
View ArticleW&S Lawyer Employment Grows Trivially in 2016, Incomes Still Flat
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) usually completes its updates of its many measures of occupational employment for the previous year by April. Data for 2016 are now available, allowing a...
View ArticleClass of 2016 NALP Data
Happy post-Labor Day. Now back to work, Peasants! Or, read on. A few weeks ago, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) published the national summary report for its Employment Report and...
View ArticleWhat Recovery? Legal Services Industry Grows 0.2 Percent in 2016
Last year I celebrated a full 2.0 percent growth in the legal-services industry, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. Alas, this year it’s all been dashed away and revised. Instead of 2.0...
View ArticleW&S Lawyer Employment Inches Up in 2017, Incomes Inch Down
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) usually completes its updates of its many measures of occupational employment for the previous year by April. Data for 2017 are now available, allowing a...
View ArticleCLASS OF 2017 EMPLOYMENT REPORT: Take That, JD-Advantage Jobs!
So I was all set to write up the class of 2017 employment report two weekends ago, but I went out of town twice, so that distracted me from my very important blogging duties. To make up for that I’m...
View ArticleW&S Lawyer Employment Rises in 2018, Incomes Flat
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) usually completes its updates of its many measures of occupational employment for the previous year by April. Data for 2018 are now available, allowing a...
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