US law jobs are on the decline again, dropping 700 jobs in May and following hard on the heals of a 2000 job drop in April. The figures from the Labor Department show that there are around 1.14 million legal jobs in May, which is still around 1200 more than May last year, but 40,000 […]
Inhouse counsel may occasionally have the appearance of having life easy, particularly compared to the Big Law jobs that sap energy and soak up every second of the day with world-beating deals and mind-twisting litigation. So what is the perspective on making yourself a top lawyer so that you not only enjoy your job but
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By LawFuel contributor, Kevin Mackee. Law firms looking to recruit lateral partners should consider some key factors that can put them ahead of the competition when it comes to attracting quality candidates for their firms. Here are some key points that can lift your firm above the crowd in the search for good laterals prepared
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Like to see the data on the National Association for Law Placement and whether law schools are withholding information from their ‘consumers’? Law.com’s Kylee McEntee has written about the list of schools publishing NALP reports for 2010-2012, with the largest number (108 reports) for 2012. To see the data go to the LST Score Reports.
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Winnie M Li wrote this article about her experience being raped while at Harvard and how her case was handled. Her article appears in the Huffington Post. When I woke up this morning a friend had mailed me this anonymous article by a current under-graduate about Harvard’s mishandling of her sexual assault case. “This made
A new paralegal certification program has been set up in Indiana with the implementation of a program from Ivy Tech Community College Northwest. GetParalegalCertification reports that the course looks at job possibilities in the paralegal profession, the various paralegal associations and the skills required, including the usual paralegal requirements such as legal research, legal writing
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Its US News Law School rankings time . . again. The Law School rankings are out to inform – and doubtless rankle – the thousands seeking to determine the best of the law schools in the 2015 rankings. So what were the top 10 law schools according to the US News & World Report? Below
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Why have law schools fallen out of favor to the extent that they have in the US? And elsewhere, too, many would argue. What is it about the surge of law school graduates that leads to this feeling of hatred towards the schools – even the litigation that has pursued several of them? More importantly,
Legal secretaries have been around lawyers as long as lawyers have been around lawyers. But times are a-changing, it seems and once again the culprit is the “T” word: technology. Take law firm Arnold & Porter who are working towards fewer staff with greater productivity – much the same as just about every other law
Unpaid internships have been firmly in the spotlight in recent years. Images of students working for nothing on the edge of poverty have led to a number of legal cases in the US. While unpaid internships were once seen as a rite of passage, the fact students are readily suing their employers has meant companies
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