Press releases for legal job market

Hiring and Pay Freezes Galore Along With Job Cuts in Law Firms; LawCrossing Offers Lucrative Job Offers (2009-02-14)
Thousands of law firms are under serious pressure because of the turbulent recession. Many of them have already affirmed that there would not be any substantial growth in the earnings of their attorney staff this year. Others have also resorted to cut on annual partner promotions. LawCrossing, the legal industry's most reliable job board, now offers more than 130,119 live and active legal job listings to battered job seekers, who live in fear of losing their jobs. The legal job board has added more than 10,000 new jobs in the last seven days.

LawCrossing Adds More Jobs for Paralegals and Legal Support Staff in This Downturn (2008-12-26)
Despite daily reports of law firms cutting staff, LawCrossing added over 12,000 legal jobs in the last week, and the site now lists 12,318 jobs for legal staff professionals.

Law Firms Freezing Salaries, Cutting Bonuses, Laying Off Staff; LawCrossing Braced to Support the Legal Job Market (2008-12-19)
LawCrossing added over 13,000 new legal jobs to its site in the last week. In the leadership of CEO A. Harrison Barnes, LawCrossing staff has adopted drastic measures and high-quality research techniques to locate every possible legal job opening in this downturn.

LawCrossing Affiliate Releases Its 2008 Fall State of the Market Report Lists Hot Practice Areas Worldwide (2008-11-22)
LawCrossing, the largest legal job portal in the United States, recently added the newly released BCG Attorney Search Fall 2008 State of the Market Report to its site. The report analyzes in detail the current legal job market and practice area trends in the United States, Europe, and Asia. According to the report, the demand for intellectual property and litigation attorneys, in particular, declined in recent times, while corporate law is currently the most dominant legal sector in most regions.

BCG Attorney Search Reveals 2008 Fall State of the Market Report (2008-11-18)
BCG Attorney Search, the largest recruiting firm in the United States, recently released its 2008 Fall State of the Market Report, a detailed account which explores the legal market regionally and objectively. The company was created with the goal of placing top attorneys and associates in top law firms, and is singularly dedicated to the task.