Using the Job Club Approach to Find a New Job
The Job-Club approach to finding a job works for a broad range of jobs, including unskilled, semiskilled,...
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Finding Job Leads from Business Directories
Most job seekers use the telephone only occasionally, but the Job-Club method relies on it heavily.
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Investigating the Legal Job Market
THE LAW-JOB SEARCH BEGINS WITH INFORMATION-GATHERING. Assemble as much information about your areas of...
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Getting a Legal Job Interview as a 1L or 2L
IF FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS ("Fs" AND "Ss") HAVE A more trying fight than third-year students in the...
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Strategies for Starting Your First Law Firm Job
Having turned The last corner, you may coast a while. Be vigilant in appearance, however, throughout the...
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Strategies for Navigating a Tough Legal Job Market
ONGOING OR COMPLETE INVESTIGATION SETS THE STAGE FOR THE approach and contact of employers. It is too...
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Acquiring a Summer Legal Internship as a Law Student
A Major Tool A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE AT A SUMMER ORGANIZATION CAN BE-come a major weapon in the later...
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Cold-Calling a Legal Firm to Get a Job Interview
TELEPHONING IS ART AT BEST AND AT WORST CLUMSY HINDRANCE. Telephoning can be effective at various times in the...
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Your First-Year Law Student Job Search Time Table
The banker Walter Wristen once said that good judgment comes from experience and that experience comes from...
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How to find out where the associate job openings are
The key to finding a position as a third-year student is to determine which firms are hiring. Some firms hire...
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What Small Firms Look for in a 2L Student
I've talked a lot about how large and medium-sized firms hire students for their summer programs. But your...
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Preparing for the Search for an Associate Position as a 3L
It's not unusual in the current job market to be a third-year student without law firm job prospects by the...
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Alternate Routes to Joining a Summer Associate Program
There are additional avenues into summer programs that we haven't discussed yet. One possibility is to work as...
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Your Second-Year Job Search Time Table
The second-year summer internship is probably the most vital stage of the law firm recruiting process. It is...
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Female Law Students Face Greater Obstacles in the Legal Job Market
Three YEARS of private law school costs upwards of $275,000 in tuition and living expenses. A very nice suit...
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The Truth of Employment!
Being unemployed does not make you a bad person. Although there are a number of people who are unemployed, I...
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Watching out for those errors while going out for a legal job that does not require a JD
With the latest ABA reports saying that only 55% of law school graduates have been able to land a job...
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Pro Bono Work and Career Networking for Law Students
Pro bono work is gaining momentum in the biggest law firms once again. For law students who aspire to practice...
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Landing the Perfect Summer Associate Job
With the slew of law firms closing one after another and the dubious Great Recovery in place of the Great...
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What Can You Expect In a Judicial Clerkship?
A judicial clerkship offers endless opportunities for those who love law, litigation, distinguishing between...
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Summer Law School Hiring 2011
Several sources report differing outlooks on hiring of summer law associates.
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NALP Guidelines for Fall Law Student Interviews
According to NALP, the National Association for Law Placement, law students need to keep several important...
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Law Students Now Have 28 Days To Accept Or Decline Offers
This year, law students were forced to get into gear when it came to deciding on offers from law firms.
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On A Job Hunt Haste Truly Can Mean Waste, With Your Career on the Block
The first job in your life can mean a great lot and has the potential to either make or break your career. In...
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Qualities Legal Firms Look for in Legal Job Candidates
This article discusses the qualities legal firms and organizations look for in candidates who apply for legal...
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Becoming an E-Discovery Professional
This article gives an overview on the newly found legal career option of e-discovery professionals. Thanks to...
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Work While Going to Law School
This article talks about the restrictions set by the American Bar Association for student hours that can be...
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How Does a Law School Graduate Find a Job
When it comes to landing a job post-law school, one can quickly become overwhelmed. For one thing, it can be...
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How to Find a Job after Law School
There are so many different ways that you can be successful in your life, but when you want to be successful...
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How to Become a Law Clerk
For those that want to be involved with the law in one degree or another, becoming a law clerk is oftentimes a...
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