The legal sector gained 2,000 jobs in January, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the additions, the industry now employs 1.135 million people—7,000 more than it did at the same time last year but substantially fewer than the 1.18 million it employed at its prerecession peak.
January's uptick on the employment front follows a three-month run that, according to revised, seasonally adjusted hiring figures included in Friday's report, saw the legal...
