The job outlook for new lawyers is improving, recent figures show.
That may have as much to do with fewer law school graduates looking for work than to any actual improvement in the job market for entry-level lawyers.
Nearly 60 percent of all 2014 law school graduates were employed in full-time, long-term legal jobs, requiring bar passage as of March 15, according to data released Wednesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
That’s up nearly 3 percent from last year, when 57 percent of all 2013 law school graduates held full-time, long-term legal jobs requiring a law license nine months after graduation.
