March 24, 2009

Lawyer Layoffs

It may be hard to believe, but the buzz among attorneys in these days of so much financial difficulty has as much to do with lawyers being laid off as with their clients having hard times.

More and more lawyers, it seems, are now looking for legal advice from employment attorneys.

Lawyer layoffs have been growing considerably over the last year or two, and particularly in the last few months. The blawg Law Shucks, which tracks lawyer layoffs (and is a source recently used by CNN), has the number of announced lawyer layoffs at nearly 3500 around the country, with another almost 5000 staff getting the boot as well.

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