The U.S. legal sector scored a slight uptick in jobs in November, the third consecutive month of modest gains in mostly law firm jobs, as the economy struggled to recover from damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Legal payrolls added a seasonally adjusted 5,000 people, after increasing by 4,800 in October and 3,000 in September, according to Labor Department figures released Friday. Numbers were flat in August.
The U.S. overall added 245,000 jobs, less than half of the 610,000 in October, according to the Labor Department. The figures come amid a widespread surge in coronavirus cases and new restrictions on ...