Legal Job Hunting Strategies
Much of the literature in the career planning and placement field fails to offer alternatives to traditional...
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The Role of Networking in Your Legal Career
The term networking is sometimes overused and often misunderstood. Some people think that networking merely...
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Research Your Legal Employer Thoroughly
As you may have gathered by now, finding a job involves a lot more effort than merely showing up for an...
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Preparing For Three Busy Years of Law School
Law schools deliberately give you more work to do than any human could possibly manage to do thoroughly—at...
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Preparation for an On-Campus Interview with a Law Firm
The first step you have to take for attending interviews on campus is to know how to write a cover letter and...
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Acquiring Work as a Paralegal: Finding Your First Job
Securing your first job as a paralegal will be fairly easy if you have graduated from a reputable paralegal...
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The Origin and History of Job Clubs
In a study in the 60s done by H.R. Sheppard, along with Robert Jones, a psychologist people were asked how...
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The Job Information You Should Include on Your Resume
A job resume is a summary of a person's job experiences and factors that relate to his or her job...
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The Basics of a Full-Time Job Search
The very idea of job hunting may elicit a variety of negative reactions, ranging from fatigue to grim...
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Preparing for a Full-scale Job Search
Before you start looking offline for a job, there are several things you can do that can get you off to a good...
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Create a Job Leads Form to Simplify Your Search
A problem that frequently arises during a job search is having to keep track of the incidental pieces of...
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Bypassing HR and Personnel Departments in a Job Search
It isn't hard to apply for a job at a small company. Simply ask to speak to the manager or owner. This person...
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Overcomng Inhibitions Preventing Friends From Helping in Our Job Search
One reason why job seekers may be reluctant to ask friends or acquaintances for assistance is the feeling that...
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Preparing Yourself for a Future Job Search
No job is guaranteed to be permanent. In fact, very few people remain in the same job for the same employer...
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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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Contacting Previous Employers for Jobs and Job Leads
From the Job-Club point of view, a previous employer can offer especially valuable assistance in your job...
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Cold Calling Your Way Into a New Job
Here you are at your desk, staring at your job leads list, which lists the names, addresses, and telephone...
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Friends Helping Friends Find Jobs and Advance Careers
The usual method: out of work but self-reliant Most job seekers avoid using friends, feeling prodded by the...
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Strategies for Studying for a Law School Exam
If you have studied your cases for the daily lecture far enough in advance, taken down what the professor has...
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Strategies for Studying for Class as a Law Student
Some law schools send their students casebook reading assignment schedules several weeks before classes start;...
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Strategies for Reading a Legal Case
Are you wondering what an actual case looks like? Here is one, Booth v. Merriam et al, 155 Mass. 521 (1892),...
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Preparing for Your Semester at Law School
You should set aside as much time as possible before school starts to prepare for your classes. Used properly,...
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Crafting Extraordinary Legal Exam Responses
A good answer to any essay exam question will usually include identification of the basic issues or doctrines...
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Navigating Law Books and Reports
Collected reports of cases are periodically published under the direct authority of the courts that issue...
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A Quick Glance At First Year Law School Courses: Torts
The course in torts covers the law applicable to wrongful acts to persons or property, by which others are...
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A Quick Glance at First Year Law School Courses: Property
Property is probably the most complicated first-year course. The concepts and subject matter are relatively...
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A Quick Glance at First Year Law School Courses: Crimes
Law school study of criminal law falls into three categories: substantive, procedural, and constitutional....
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A Quick Glance at First Year Law School Courses: Contracts
The big four courses of first-year law school are contracts, torts, crimes, and property. Generally speaking,...
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