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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 2, 2026

The U.S. legal sector added 5,100 jobs in June, pushing legal employment to an all-time high for the third straight month, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total number of jobs in the legal sector, including lawyers, paralegals, judges and legal assistants, hit 1,243,500 in June, the preliminary data show — up 0.41% from 1,238,400 in May. That represents an 8.4% gain from five years ago, offering more evidence that legal AI tools have yet to cut into staffing, according to Reuters.