<p>There’s only 2 ways that I know of for a lawyer to have a truly permanent job. #1 - he can start his own firm, and obviously he will never get fired because he’s the boss. But that of course means that he’s responsible for making sure the firm is profitable as an ongoing business, and that’s no walk in the park. Or #2 - he can get tenure as a law professor, which basically mikes him unfireable, just like tenure for a professor in any field basically makes him unfireable. Other than that, lawyers can get fired or laid off for any reason or no reason at all, just like almost anybody else in the working world.</p>