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Advice for the Lawlorn
Ann Israel is the legal profession's Dear Abby. A New York legal recruiter since 1979, Ann is president of Ann Israel & Associates, Inc. and a past president of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants. She answers your questions about finding a better law firm job, dealing with headhunters, resumes, and much more.
This Week's Question
Vesselin Mitev, Esq. is the chief associate for litigation firm John Ray & Associates, with offices in Manhattan and Long Island.
This Week's Topic
The Careerist
Vivia Chen, The Careerist's chief blogger, has been covering the business and culture of law firms for a decade. A former corporate lawyer, Chen is fascinated by those who thrive (as well as those who don't) in the legal profession. Her take: Success in the law (and life) doesn't always travel a linear path.
Real Men Wear Starched Shirts
What do real men wear at the office? For starters, they wouldn't be caught dead in pleated pants or loafers.
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Summer Law Jobs Are on the Rise?If You're at the Right School
Litigation and transactional work are driving a surge in summer associate hires.
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News Roundup?Boston's Serial (Man) Killer, Comedy Central's Law Profs, and Dayton's Seduction
News you don't want to miss: more juicy tidbit on that Edwards Wildman partnership lawsuit; hanging out with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert; and how University of Dayton plans to bag law students.
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Diversity
Katherine Frink-Hamlett, a graduate of New York University School of Law and President of Frink-Hamlett Legal Solutions Inc., moves the diversity and inclusion dialogue into the 21st Century. She addresses questions from both law firm management seeking to recruit and retain diverse candidates and from legal practitioners confronted with professional and personal challenges surrounding inclusion and diversity.
This Month's Question
Challenge to State Ban on Equity Investors Faces Uphill Battle
Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the challenge by Jacoby & Meyers had failed to meet one of the requirements for standing because it had yet to show it had a redressable injury, but that was "only the beginning" of the firm's problems.
Legal Sector Adds Jobs in January
Last month's growth, an addition of 1,000 jobs, represents the industry's greatest one-month uptick in employment since July 2011, when the sector's job rolls swelled by 4,100.
Attorney Sanctions Upheld in 9/11 Conspiracy Case
Dennis Cunningham and co-counsel William W. Veale, who insist that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, were ordered to pay a total of $15,000 in addition to double what the government spent defending against their lawsuit.
Brooklyn Announces Three Finalists in Search for Next Law School Dean
Nicholas W. Allard, chair of Patton Boggs' political and election law practice in Washington; Janet Levitt, dean at the University of Tulsa College of Law; and Lawrence Solan, a professor at Brooklyn Law School have been selected by the search committee.
Law Firms Join Network to Explore New Ways to Make Practice 'Green'
Nearly 40 law firms have teamed up to create the Law Firm Sustainability Network, a group dedicated to developing "green" law offices. Organized by ecoAnalyze, a New York environmental consulting firm catering to the legal industry, the network was launched last August.
Partnership
This Special Report from the New York Law Journal discusses the nuts and bolts of partnership law, how to successfully integrate lateral hires, the essential factors to consider before opening a new office and how to attract and retain women attorneys, along with the new partner classes at the firms with the largest private New York offices.
Announcements and Moves
- U.S. Attorney's Securities Chief to Join Weil Gotshal
- Personal Notes on Lawyers
- Holwell Leaves Bench to Start Private Practice
- Retired Commercial Division Judge Joins Meyer Suozzi
- U.S. Prosecutor Joins Cleary Gottlieb as Counsel
- ABA Nominating Committee Taps New Yorker as President
