After gaining jobs for two straight months, the legal sector lost 1,300 positions in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Friday’s report recorded 1,116,400 legal sector positions last month, down from the 18-month high the industry hit in February. The bureau’s revised data also showed that the legal sector gained 1,900 jobs in January rather than the 1,000 originally estimated.

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