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These are Times Which Demand Your Attention

Posted on February 10, 2009
Every now and then, we post an article about the difficulties people are experiencing in the job market. These articles are not meant to scare students - or scare you a lot, at least - but are meant to motivate you to do everything you can to build your resume now, while in law school, so you are as prepared as you can be when you look for a post-graduate job...

Danger: Facebook

Posted on February 10, 2009
We have written on the subject of online networking sites before, but here is a new twist. On its application for a post-graduate position, an employer, a state government agency, asks for the names of the online social networking sites to which the applicant belongs...

Looking for a Summer Job?

Posted on February 06, 2009
CSO will host a program, How to Find and Fund a Summer Job When Times are Tough, on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at both 12:30 and 5:30, in Room 209. This is a command performance for students looking for summer jobs.We will discuss the mechanics of finding a summer job, including many of the job search sites available, and the timing of when employers tend to hire...

What is your Greatest Weakness?

Posted on February 03, 2009
In the Career Journal of the Wall Street Journal online, an article by Joann S. Lublin, entitled A Question to Make a Monkey of You, focuses on the correct and incorrect answers to the classic interview question: "What is your greatest weakness?" A small portion of the article is here:Worldwide Panel LLC, a small market-research firm, is getting flooded with résumés for four vacancies in sales and information technology...

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Deconstructing the Bar Exam

Posted on February 03, 2009
If you are taking the July 2009 New York State Bar Examination, you should attend this program: (Click on the image to make it larger)

Touro Law Center Public Service Job Fair

Posted on January 30, 2009
Touro Law Center is hosting its Second Annual Public Service Job Fair at which over 50 employers will accept resumes from and talk with students interested in summer and post-graduate opportunities. Bring copies of your resume (has it been reviewed by a CSO counselor?) and put your best foot forward by dressing in business casual...

What You Should Know About the Attorney Grievance Process

Posted on January 28, 2009
The Touro Law Center Women's Bar Association and the Suffolk County Women's Bar Association present a special CLE program and dinner:WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE PROCESSFeaturing:STACEY SHARPELETTI, ESQ.Associate Attorney The Grievance CommitteeTenth Judicial DistrictDEBORAH SCALISE, ESQ...

Divorcing Law Grads . . . Victims of ?Education Hoax??

Posted on January 26, 2009
For those of you who follow the ABA Journal online, a great source of legal news, you know that readers are permitted to post comments at the end of each article. Most of the time, you might find three or four comments, maybe five, for each article. On a rare occasion, however, an article hits such a nerve that dozens upon dozens of comments are forthcoming...

Young Lawyers Connect

Posted on January 22, 2009
Responding to the challenges of being a busy young attorney or law student, the New York City Bar Association created Young Lawyers Connect, a mix of live events and online programming for young attorneys, be it through age or professional experience, and law students who want to take an active role in their career...

Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law and Gender

Posted on January 22, 2009
The Touro Law Center Journal of Race, Gender and Ethnicity, is pleased to announce a symposium that will take place at the Law Center on February 20, 2009: Transgender Law: Challenging the Boundaries of Law and Gender (Click on the image to make it larger...

Spring 2009 CSO Programs

Posted on January 21, 2009
There is no denying that the general economic downturn has had an effect on the legal hiring market. While employers continue to hire, the market has shrunk and it is taking longer for new graduates and attorneys to find positions. Accordingly, students need to make sure that all of their job search skills are at their sharpest during these difficult economic times...

Advancing Climate Justice Program

Posted on January 20, 2009
(click on image to make it larger.)If you are interested in environmental law, this is the kind of program to attend to learn about current developments and to include on your resume and in your cover letters.

Working out of town this summer and need a place to live?

Posted on January 15, 2009
The NALP Apartment Exchange matches students with apartments during the summer months.Check it out, and bookmark the site in case you find an out-of-town summer job in the coming months.

LGBT Summer Internship

Posted on January 14, 2009
The Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLGSF) is accepting applications for the Summer 2009 Thomas Steel Internship. Each year one law student works on a legal project dedicated to improving the LGBT community. This internship is 40 hours a week...

"Making Your Intentions Known: How to Network in a Social Setting"

Posted on January 14, 2009
In this economic environment, law students and lawyers need to have their job search skills at their best. On Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 6 PM - 8 PM, the New York City Bar Association (42 West 44th Street, New York, NY), is hosting a program:Making Your Intentions Known: How to Network in a Social SettingThe program will provide practical tools and techniques for networking in a social setting, including how to segue from casual conversation to business topics, how to hone a message about yourself and your capabilities and how to tell brief anecdotes that convey your substance without bragging...

2009 Patent Law Interview Program

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Loyola Patent Law Interview Program is a two-day interview program held in Chicago each summer that brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country to interview for summer associate positions and post-graduate employment...

"Chicago Law Firm Has Unfortunate Slogan"

Posted on January 09, 2009
An article in the ABA Journal by Debra Cassens Weiss talks about how unfortunate it can be to have a particular last name: The fallout from the Bernard Madoff scandal has reached Chicago lawyer Ari Madoff and his law firm?which has an unfortunate slogan...

"The Bumpy Road to Law Partnership"

Posted on January 05, 2009
The January 5 issue of Long Island Business News contains an enlightening article by Bernadette Starzee entitled "The Bumpy Road to Law Partnership":In the legal world, the road to partnership is paved with hard work, professional excellence and the ability to bring in business for the firm...

NYU Job Fair Deadline Extension

Posted on January 05, 2009
Thanks to a computer server crash at precisely the worst possible time, the NYU Job Fair people are extending the deadline by which law students must upload their resumes to employers in order to seek interviews at the Fair.Segment A uploading (remember, Segment A is that portion of the upload process during which you may submit your resume to the largest number of employers) will be reopened from 11 PM on Monday, January 5, to 11 PM on Tuesday, January 6...

Rebellious Lawyering Conference

Posted on December 22, 2008
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New NY State Bar Exam Rules

Posted on December 22, 2008
The New York State Board of Law Examiners recently revised certain rules, policies, and deadlines that are effective immediately and will impact graduates planning to take the February or July 2009 New York State Bar Examination.br /br /Go a href="http://www...

Managing Your Career in Difficult Times

Posted on December 18, 2008
Here is an interesting article in a href="http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/home.shtml"Law Practice Today/a, a publication of the a href="http://www.abanet.org/"American Bar Association/a, concerning dealing with a legal career in difficult economic times:br /br /span style="font-style:italic;"Because of the difficult economic times we currently face, and the layoffs that have already occurred in the legal market, attorneys are understandably concerned about job security, and what to do if they are victims of downsizing...

Interested in Criminal Law and Capital Cases?

Posted on December 18, 2008
The University of California at Berkeley Law School's Death Penalty Clinic maintains a website that lists summer and other internship opportunities in capital defense offices. The site has recently been expanded to include full-time paid positions in these offices as well...

Loan Forgiveness Podcast

Posted on December 17, 2008
Check out this podcast! Equal Justice Works and American University's Washington College of Law have teamed up to launch an all-new podcast: The Student Debt Relief Series. br /br /The first episode, "How to Figure Out if You Benefit from the College Cost Reduction Access Act - and How Much?" is available now...

Manhattan Legal Services Summer 2009 Jobs

Posted on December 17, 2008
a href="http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=93Itemid=134"Manhattan Legal Services/a is a very popular summer job placement for fist-year students. This is the first year in which MLS is interviewing students for summer jobs on a rolling basis, so it is best to get your resume, cover letter, and writing sample (most 1Ls use their first semester memorandum) in to them as soon as practical...

The Cover Retreat. An important conference.

Posted on December 16, 2008
The 22nd Annual Robert M. Cover Retreat, organized by students at the University of Maine Law School, is taking shape. The theme this year is "Energizing Your Interest in Public Interest Law." The keynote speaker will be Ezra Rosser, a 2003 graduate of Harvard Law School and currently an Assistant Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law...

Summer Job Money!

Posted on December 16, 2008
The Summer Funding Resources page on PSLawNet is freshly updated with the most current information. The website lists different funding sources for those with unpaid summer internships and is organized alphabetically. Go here to view all of the summer funding opportunities.

Nassau County Bar Association Writing Competition

Posted on December 15, 2008
Local law students now have the unique opportunity to hone their legal writing skills, receive scholarship aid to prepare for the Bar exam, be discovered by their future employer, and receive the many benefits as a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, all from an idea from a first year bar association member...

Pride Law Fund Fellowships

Posted on December 15, 2008
Pride Law Fund funds several Summer internship opportunities for those seeking experience in the areas of sexual orientation discrimination, individual rights litigation, direct legal services to people with HIV/AIDS, and other legal issues of concern to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community...

Employment with the Department of Justice

Posted on December 04, 2008
Here is a PowerPoint presentation from the Department of Justice regarding spring, summer, and post-graduate employment. Check it out.

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