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More Job Losses On the Way? Monday, March 15th, 2010
The Bank of England is warning today that although the economy is starting to recover, there could be further job losses and unemployment could continue to climb. This comes as little surprise. The end of a recession, which can be sluggish and unpredictable, is often a time when corporate bankruptcies increase and jobs are lost.
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More Job Losses On the Way?
Prosecutors and defense attorneys enter the field after completing an accredited three-year, graduate-level law school program. A degree in law enforcement may provide the competitive edge needed to earn acceptance to one or more …
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Job Options for Law Enforcement Graduates: Career Ideas that May …
When the credit crunch first hit and it was clear that we were going into recession, it was noticeable that attitudes between employers and staff were very different from previous economic crises. Rather than making staff redundant many employers introduced shortened working weeks, or sabbaticals from work
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The Return of Co-operation
Last week, Leora Maccabee, a litigation associate and social media guru, used Twitter to solicit advice for lawyers starting their own practice and gathered her top 10 “tidbits” into a post at Lawyerist. Notwithstanding concern from one …
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Law Careers: Starting Your Own Practice: Tips and Tweets « Vault's …
David Beckham has confirmed what many Manchester United fans always suspected, that he would have loved to have spent his entire career at the club. He is quoted as saying “I’ve been to three great clubs since I left United, but it would’ve been great to stay there like Ryan Giggs has. Being at one club for so long is a real achievement.” Of course, for many people David Beckham has a dream job anyway
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David Beckham’s Career Management
A New York City Bar Association Program:This tough legal market demands that you think outside the box, be creative, and consider a variety of practice areas. Attend this program and hear a panel of attorneys discuss several practice areas that concentrate on assisting clients with everyday legal issues
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Recession-Proof Practice Areas: A Program for Law Students and Recent Law School Graduates
The New York City Bar Association has announced this year’s Thurgood Marshall Fellowship Program. This program provides an opportunity for second and third year minority law students from New York area law schools to work with the Association on community legal services or civil rights projects that are the legacy of Justice Marshall
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New York City Bar’s Thurgood Marshall Fellowship Program
The NSPCC have called for legislation empowering social workers to see children without their parents present. They believe this would enable social workers to identify victims of abuse more easily, without the parents being able to pull the wool over their eyes. However, the social workers, Unison, and the British Association of Social Workers oppose the move, saying that the powers already exist and that further legislation is unnecessary.
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Social Workers Deserve Better Leadership
The Nassau County Bar Association invites you join them, as their guest, at an Orientation and Cocktail Party on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 5:15 p.m., so that you can have a tour of Domus, the beautiful, 75-year old home of the Association, and to learn about the benefits of belonging to this organization. In addition, you will be introduced to some members of our Executive Committee, Board of
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"Walk Through the Supreme Court" Program with the Nassau County Bar Association
Just when you thought that football had found every possible way to dominate the headlines, the beautiful game has developed a new twist. The Red Knights, who are seeking to reverse several years of takeovers of British football clubs by wealthy owners through a hostile bid to acquire Manchester United from the American Glazer family, have found themselves embroiled in a new row. One of the leading figures in the Red Knights is Jim O’Neill, chief economist with Goldman Sachs.
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Red Knights and Dodgy Devils
A campaign launched today by the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance has called on employers to do more ro help people with back, neck and joint problems to stay in work. Skeletal pain has a significant impact on the ability to work, it costs society 7bn per year and has a most debilitating impact on the lives of sufferers. But like many campaigns, this one seems to somewhat unrealistic.
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Suffering Back Pain At Work
Have you recently been laid off from your legal job or are unhappy with your current legal employment? Are you having difficulty finding meaningful and productive work in the current tight employment market?
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"300 Things You Can Do With a Law Degree" (Free Webinar)
The New York County Lawyers’ Association is hosting two excellent programs:MANAGING YOUR LAW SCHOOL DEBT Understanding the repayment options on your student loans and the basics of personal finance can help you maximize your educational investment. This interactive presentation will focus on money management and personal finance strategies that can help you manage repayment of your debt. It will
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Two Great Programs: "Managing Your Law School Debt" and "Deconstructing the Bar Exam"
2010 Career Development Webcast Series,Session One:Attorney Employment Outlook 2010 and Beyond Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Free Live WebcastTo help lawyers better manage their careers during this tough economy, the New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition is continuing its series of free, live Career Development webcasts in 2010.Session One,
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Free Webcast: "Attorney Employment Outlook 2010 and Beyond"
Just like any undertakings, to avail of the benefits of this program is not easy, that is why there are OPM lawyers assigned to help workers to get their application approved. So, read on to find out more about OPM lawyers and federal …
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OPM Lawyers And Federal Disability Retirement
In my Computers class, we have to give a presentation on how computers are used in our career field. I’m hoping some people, or even true lawyers , could give me some advice . Thanks! *sigh* spam.
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How Do Lawyers (specifically Criminal Defense Attorneys) Use …
The Italian-American Law Student Society is pleased to announce that Carol Ryder, a 2008 graduate of Touro Law Center, will present two programs on animal law. The first, entitled “Animal Law for the Pet Lover” will be held at the Law Center on February 2, 2010 from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m., while the second program, entitled “Animal Law for the Legal Professional,” will be on February 4, 2010 from
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Animal Law Program for Legal Professionals and Pet Lovers
Rebuilding post-Katrina New Orleans often has caused residents to be challenged with the task of tracing title to their home. With a community rich with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish ownership.
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How Far Back Must Title be Cleared in Post-Katrina New Orleans? (A true story, or so we’re told.)
The ABAJournal is a great website to find news about the law, the practice of law, and attorneys. Today, the Journal has an interesting article by Debra Cassens Weiss about the results of unauthorized grade inflation:”A lawyer who inflated his law school grades to get a summer associate position at Sidley Austin got something of a reprieve from an Illinois ethics review board.In April, a hearing
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Lawyer Who Inflated Grades Gets 18-Month Suspension
Shortly before his untimely death in the summer of 1986 at the age of 42, Robert Cover, a beloved law professor, legal scholar, and social activist at Yale Law School, circulated a memorandum among his colleagues on the faculty, advocating the creation of an annual public interest retreat for law students, law teachers, and public interest practitioners that would serve four related purposes:
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The 2010 Cover Retreat: Shaping Public Interest Law for 2015
Today I spoke to Bob Burg , who is a highly sought-after speaker and the bestselling author of Endless Referrals, The Go-Giver and his upcoming book Go-Giver’s Sell More , which comes out on February 18th. In this interview, Bob talks about how to network by giving before receiving, talks about how he was inspired to write his books, gives some networking tips and more. read more
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Personal Branding Blog: Personal Branding Interview: Bob Burg
When preparing their cover letters, many job-seekers don’t think about using the same “letterhead” as they use for their resumes. But using the same letterhead for both documents makes a nice branded matching package that may just garner a bit of extra attention and appreciation from employers.
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Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Tips: An Attractive Package
The office investigates suspected misconduct by department lawyers . Among the documents being sought by the commission are witness statements, copies of any investigation conducted by the Justice Department, reports of suspected voting … “Political considerations had no role in that decision and reports that political appointees interfered with the advice of career attorneys are false,” the response said
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Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Justice Department …
I had a lovely evening last night at the Boston Symphony . (Thanks, UBS and Mike Haynes !) I was fortunate to be able to hear a brief, informal talk by one of the orchestra’s bass players, Ben Levy, in addition to an outstanding pre-concert talk about the night’s program. Here are some interesting takeaways that relate to my favorite subject of career management: read more
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Best Impression: A Night at the Symphony
For several years, Touro Law students have made two or three trips a year to New Orleans as part of the Student Hurricane Network (now the Student Disaster Relief Network) to help Katrina victims. Students have worked in all sorts of legal, social, and political offices to help people enforce the rights which they have. Touro community members have been well received by the New Orleans
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Touro Law Center Students and Alums Continue to Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast
When Blacks Become Lawyers , Does Discrimination Finally Stop? To paraphrase an old saying: “Despair is seeing your lawyer being discriminated against.” Seriously, in a society wherein we’ve been taught to rely on advice from our attorneys when ..
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the black issue: When Blacks Become Lawyers, Does Discrimination …
Ed. Note: Last week, temperatures hit minus 20 degrees or so here in scenic Minnesota. I had to smile when I heard that schools in Nashville were closed due to the THREAT of snow. About that same time, someone sent me this email. 65 ABOVE ZERO: Floridians turn on the heat
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What Would Dad Say: There’s Cold and Then There’s COLD