According to a survey released this week, fewer positions at law firms are opening and being filled, and those that are still unfilled are growing. According to one expert, it’s more of a pause to catch one’s breath than a true retreat
According to the expert, legal hiring “appears to be mirroring this broader downturn” in the market.
It’s not always a setback. Analysts and fresh statistics on job vacancies across the legal industry, however, indicate that law firms have recently been more conservative and deliberate in their hiring.