Legal Services: jobs, conferences and layoffs

Law firms, in-house legal teams, legal operations and legal technology. Legal Services has about 1,122 verified open jobs on NextChapter right now, with a typical posted salary of $90,000 a year. About 52% of openings are entry or early-career level. Payroll employment in the closest BLS sector is up 1.2% over the past year (October 2026). 148 conferences are tagged to it, 98 with dates announced.

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Legal Services market snapshot

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Verified open jobs
about 1,122

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$90,000 a year (middle half $70,000 to $128,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 347 of the newest 1,122 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
52% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 1,122 verified open jobs.

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Ask for AI skills
2% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: AI-skill tagger on the posting text, newest 1,122 verified open jobs.

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Remote
6% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data, newest 1,122 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
+1.2% in professional and business services, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Job openings rate
5.5% of jobs, against 5.4% a year earlier (professional and business services, the closest BLS sector)

Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.

Layoffs and discharges rate
1.9% of employment, against 2.0% a year earlier (professional and business services, the closest BLS sector)

Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.

Hires rate
4.1% of employment, against 4.5% a year earlier (professional and business services, the closest BLS sector)

Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.

Conferences in the catalog for Legal Services
148, 98 with dates announced

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, checked against each event’s own site.

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Next conference
Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Meeting, Nov 11, 2026

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

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Median published ticket price
$855

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, lowest published price, 35 conferences with a price.

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Open calls for speakers
11 conferences

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. litigation30%
  2. 2. excel5%
  3. 3. php2%
  4. 4. powerpoint2%
  5. 5. project management2%
  6. 6. html2%
  7. 7. onboarding2%
  8. 8. m&a2%

States with the most openings

  1. 1. NY15%
  2. 2. CA13%
  3. 3. TX9%
  4. 4. FL8%
  5. 5. IL8%

Legal Services outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, not from our own postings. It describes the industry nationally, not any one employer.

  • Employment up 1.2% over the year in professional and business services
  • Job openings rate 5.5%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
  • Layoffs rate 1.9%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

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