Law firm hiring has improved from the doldrums of the Great Recession, but complete employment recovery for lawyers isn't likely for a long time yet, Crain's Detroit Business reports. Contracting law school classes should help the market too. The class of 2013 was the largest in the history of American legal education, but the cohort of law students has drop from 52,000 law school students entering programs in 2010 to 37,000 students entering this fall, Crain's also reports.