| LawCrossing, the website with the largest collection | | | | attorney position that will provide them with a good |
| of legal jobs in the world, has released a month-end | | | | start in the industry," said LawCrossing CEO A. |
| statistical report on the changes in the number of | | | | Harrison Barnes. |
| legal jobs by practice areas and job types. | | | | "Some regions, such as the South and Southwest, |
| This past month's data show previous patterns for | | | | which have experienced significant growth in May and |
| growth in attorney jobs have improved drastically | | | | June, are beginning to level out and decrease their |
| with a strong increase in almost every area of legal | | | | job demand. Their legal markets are capping off. |
| staff positions. The report reflects changes in the | | | | Other regions, most notably the West and Northeast |
| demand for attorneys and legal staff in various | | | | which have huge and ever-growing legal markets, |
| practice areas and regions throughout the U.S. for the | | | | continue to supply more jobs to meet the |
| period between June 15, 2006 and July 14, 2006. | | | | ever-increasing demand." |
| With the exception of two regions, attorney jobs in | | | | Barnes continued, "In direct correlation to increased |
| law firms have seen a strong growth in almost all | | | | attorney positions, legal staff positions have also |
| geographical areas. The Southwest district had a small | | | | been experiencing a positive hike this past month. |
| decrease in demand, dropping eight jobs. The South, | | | | Law firms across the nation realize that they need |
| on the other hand, experienced the greatest drop in | | | | more paralegals, legal secretaries, accountants, IT |
| job demand, losing 182 jobs in one month and | | | | staff, and so on in order to ensure the firm's running |
| undergoing a seven-percent drop. | | | | smoothly and efficiently. A good legal staff acts as |
| The Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest showed | | | | the lubricant that keeps the firm's wheels spinning." |
| steady growth in jobs, but none topped the Western | | | | Indeed, the market for legal staff is continuing its |
| region's six-percent increase. | | | | growth pattern for the second month running. |
| In-house attorney job market displayed steady | | | | Information technology, human resources, and |
| expansion in all geographical areas. However, following | | | | accounting all have heightened demands, increasing by |
| the trend that occurred in law firms, the Western | | | | 37 percent, 30 percent, and 33 percent, respectively. |
| in-house legal market had the most marked growth | | | | Legal staff positions that work most closely with |
| at four percent. | | | | attorneys have been slowing in demand. Paralegal |
| The government has also been creating a huge pool | | | | positions posted have increased by two percent, |
| of jobs this past month, which is a stark difference | | | | while legal secretary positions posted have decreased |
| from last month's dearth of government jobs. | | | | by one percent. Nonetheless, both remain steady in |
| The continued growth in demand for law firm and | | | | their demand. |
| in-house legal jobs reflects J.D.s' ongoing search for | | | | LawCrossing's team of 200 researchers and editors |
| summer internships and attorney positions. | | | | monitors the hiring needs of more than 1.2 million legal |
| "June is the month when a flood of law school | | | | employers. With more than 75,000 legal jobs in the |
| students and recent grads go out in search of | | | | U.S currently in the database, the website counts |
| jobs-whether it is a summer internship that will give | | | | tens of thousands of law students, attorneys, and |
| them legal cred on their resume or an entry-level | | | | legal staff professionals as members. |