Living the law: For lawyers, business has remained steady throughout the economic downturn
Monday, March 21, 2011
No area of the economy is recession proof, but law may be faring better than other markets, say locals working in the field. A recent Northwestern Law study reported 15,000 lawyer and legal-staff jobs have been lost since 2008, but prelaw professor Dr. Hamner Hill says that, when looking at the overall economy, that's a "minuscule" figure.
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