From Karen Sloan of Reuters:

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 on ​Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Karen Sloan, US Legal Sector Jobs Continued to Climb in June, July 2, 2026; see also Aebra Coe, Legal Sector Jobs Spike With Work ‘Churning Right Along’, Law360, July 2, 2026 (noting that the legal sector added 5,100 jobs in June, which is the largest monthly increase in more than two years, and the third straight month of growth). For earlier coverage, Amanda Robert, Increase in Legal Jobs Driven by Litigation, Life Sciences Work, ABA Journal, June 8, 2026 (“The legal sector is continuing its rebound, adding 1,200 more jobs in May, according to seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.”).