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20 Nov 3:16 am
... when they think of lawyers- disputes and lawsuits. However, the truth is that many lawyers find extremely rewarding careers in transactional law- the art of doing deals.
Certainly there are many other specialized practice areas such as ... to become a transactional lawyer and vice-versa. That said, I was one of the fortunate ones. I was able to practice
in litigation (corporate employment law defense), as well as engaging in a rewarding transactional practice (securities law). Even better is the ...
3 Feb 2:00 am
... fit for ambitious college graduates who leave school expecting results from a logical combination of education and effort. Suddenly, the
tenets of success we were taught since kindergarten ... books, including the popular They Don't Teach Corporate in College (second edition due in spring 2009 from Career Press), How'd You Score That Gig?: A Guide ... Ballantine) and Success for Hire (ASTD Press). Alexandra's book on inspirational career change, Change Your Job, Change Your Life, is due out from Random ...
28 Apr 5:40 am
... to practice in the major law firms of American Indeed "the elite law schools grew alongside the burgeoning corporate law firms" it is "the metropolitan prestige firms where
associates are recruited from the prestige schools and the top graduates of other ... ; The Legal Career Guide: From Law Student to Lawyer,
American Bar Association Career Series, 1992 (Munneke) Legal Education and Professional Development -
An Educational Continuum - Report of the Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: ...
31 Jan, 2007 12:25 pm
... legal profession or legal academia, but one point is clear. A stark differentiation has developed in the legal profession, separating the corporate bar from everyone else,
and this is matched by a correspondingly sharp differentiation of law schools. Think about it in loose sports ... these two differentiated systems. Given this divide, it seems sensible
to ask whether non-elite law schools ought to develop a different model of education that better matches the jobs and careers of their
graduates.
16 Oct, 2007 9:05 am
... lawyer fees, so do other rules of professional responsibility - such as continuing education, competence and due diligence. [18] Most
states have also adopted ... bono onto their students to engender a belief that even within the bounds of a corporate law career, pro
bono work is still a feasible and desirable option to supplement ... may be seen as a variant on franchise fees and traditional taxes on a profession. [37] In the corporate
arena, some large law firms have taken this notion to heart. Skadden ...
2 May, 2008 8:01 pm
... a lawyer). Perhaps the value of a JD-MBA is its androgeneity. Maybe it opens doors and allows a mid-career switch. One of my JD-MBA friends
went from being a professionally unhappy i-banker to being a professionally unhappy corporate lawyer. The joint degree gave him some job ... do the program because they are
genuinely interested in both law and business and want to get an education in both. I don't know if they are aware that they will really have
to choose one path ...
2 Sep 5:43 am
... your work? The next step is to inventory your strengths. Harold Weinstein, Chief Operating Officer of Caliper Corporation, notes that "over
the years our research has shown that there's a strong correlation between performance and ... do to support your career goals? What magazines
and journals might you read? What conferences can you attend? What industry or professional groups should you join? What continuing legal education courses might you take part in? If you don't know your best steps forward ...
6 Feb, 2008 5:48 pm
... for teaching positions. In many cases, too much experience is sometimes deemed to poison the candidate for a successful academic career.
The idea, roughly, is that people too long in practice have too deeply imbued the values and norms of the ... Law Beyond the State, 25 PENN STATE INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW - (forthcoming
2007). ----------, Global Panopticism: Surveillance Lawmaking by Corporations, States, and Other Entities, 13 INDIANA JOURNAL OF GLOBAL LEGAL STUDIES - (forthcoming 2007a).
Pierre ...
22 Oct, 2007 5:13 pm
... prevalent today. As a result, law students enter the field with a misplaced confidence in the guaranteed ability to secure a large corporate firm job. II. Background As
recently as five years ago, law students in the top-third of their ... 2001 and 2003, quantitative methods were implemented to identify factors that helped explain the variation in a
law school's national career placement success at elite law firms.[8] The findings of the study revealed that while a law school's academic
reputation ...
30 Jan, 2008 7:29 pm
... in. Piecemeal flexing is out." She's referring to a movement in corporate America to retrain the focus away from flexible work programs and towards the more fluid "Mass
Career Customization" (MCC). Championed by Cathleen Benko of Deloitte & ... can be visualized as a career lattice - with numerous paths leading to different kinds of success - as opposed to a career ladder.) In the
wake of this education, I started considering the ways MCC might play out in the legal profession. Law firms aren't known ...
18 Jan 10:40 am
... from law schools, especially the highly selective ones, took positions in the largest law firms representing the largest corporations and the wealthiest 1% of our citizens. I
am not writing this because of any specific knowledge I have of Stanford ... urgent need for service to so many members of the public. Hopefully, the implementation of well thought out
proposals would be that careers in public interest and social justice would become a realistic option for those attending the law school. Should ...
27 Jun, 2007 7:07 pm
... contributed in their own ways toward promoting excellence in legal education and research, particularly by attracting some of the brightest
students to consider law as a preferred career option. But where these schools face significant challenges is ... developing research projects
in cutting edge areas, by professional contributions to international organisations, law firms and corporations, and by playing an important role in government policy formulation
and promoting civil society activism. Law ...
11 Jul, 2007 3:14 pm
... the U.S., though his fame is not based primarily on his work in law. He began his academic career as Assistant Dean for the University of
Utah College of Law, and he later became Associate Dean and Professor at my new law ... know that Gee might have such feelings? Hmm. The Delaware courts are required to make all sorts
of behavioral assumptions with regard to corporate directors, but evidence about director behavior is largely anecdotal. If any young professors out there are looking for a
research ...
14 Apr, 2008 1:38 am
... I shared two weeks ago in Bringing Practical Awareness Into Law School Education. The more recent respondent writes: 20 years out now. Have
gone from ... if your follow the money (!) law schools are producing precisely the kind of student for big corporate big money firms and their clients want... I hadn't quite ...
skills as it is to help them appreciate that they're really not in a position yet to decide if the course enhanced or impeded the development of their professional law practice
careers.
14 May, 2007 4:06 am
According to a press release released on May 11, the Thomson Corporation is divesting itself of its "higher education, careers and library reference assets" including the following brands: Wadsworth, Delmar Learning, Gale, Heinle, Brooks/Cole and
South-Western. The assets will be acquired by "funds advised by Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partner" for a total value of approximately $7.75
17 Mar, 2008 1:06 pm
... hired and promoted in a variety of industries and can teach inmates how to turn the entry-level jobs they typically get after prison into a career. "A lot of programs for prisoners are run by former prisoners or social workers, but Mark brings a business perspective, he's a role model of success
and he tells kids who have never thought they can be successful that they're entitled to that," says Anthony Tassi, executive director of adult education in the mayor's office, New York.
10 Jul, 2008 6:22 pm
Tuesday, July 22 - 1:00 PM EST - Mary Mack will discuss new and emerging roles shaped by the e-discovery explosion for legal, records management, compliance and IT professionals. Aslo:
Corporate trends around management and control of the e-discovery process; training opportunities and education for e-discovery response
team members. Click here for more info.
10 Jun, 2007 10:23 am
... a long story on the private loan aspects. Some quotes from the story by Diana Jean Schemo: The regulations that the federal Education
Department proposed this month to crack down on payments by lenders to universities and their officials were designed to end ... free to cancel, up to 30 days after the money went to
the school. Lynne Baker, a spokeswoman for the Career Education Corporation, which owns American InterContinental and scores of other for-profit colleges, said that the corporation
did ...
9 Oct, 2007 9:27 pm
In the case of In Re Career Education Corporation
Derivative Litigation, 2007 WL 2875203 (Del. Ch., Sept. 28, 2007), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed this derivative suit as a result of the ruling by a federal
court in Chicago involving the same basic claims and defendant company, and based on the Chicago court's conclusion that the Chicago action needed to be dismissed due to failure to
satisfy the pre-suit demand requirement. In addition to ...
22 May, 2007 12:57 am
Beware of the for-profit college industry, those folks offering a quick degree for a lot more than the cost of a community college education.
Some former students say their Sanford-Brown degrees are worthless. Sanford-Brown's parent company, Career Education Corporation, is located in Hoffman Estates, Ill. They operate 77 campuses in the United States, France,
Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
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