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Where the Jobs Aren’t: Nationwide, a Legal Career is the Most Difficult for Job Placement

09 Sep

Nationwide hiring remains steady with most industries showing hiring increases recently according to SimplyHired.com. But not in the legal field. There is less than one job opening for every 100 working attorneys. At that rate, a legal career is the…

 

Legal Trials, Legal Triumphs, and Legal Tribulations

08 Sep

Legal trials, law suit stories and case reviews, people sharing their stories about legal victories
and defeats. What would they have done differently? What really worked? There is no substitute for collective wisdom.

 
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The WestSearch Straitjacket For Legal Research – Thinking Beyond The Keyword: Part I

07 Sep

Thomson Reuters – Legal (TR Legal) advertises sweeping claims for the benefits of WestlawNext (WN) at Customers. WestlawNext.com. Given the scale of the advertising blitz, these claims merit careful examination. Though it remains too early to reach a conclusion, initial…

 

The Plight of the JD Working Class: BLS Stats on Last Month’s Legal Industry Job Growth

06 Sep

Typically around Labor Day, the major media will produce stories about the plight of the working class. This is the year that the working class of employed, under-employed and unemployed newly minted lawyers reached the attention of the major, non-legal,…

 

Legal Information Institute and CALI Partner to Publish Free eBooks

06 Sep

So, it looks like my first post on Law Librarian Blog since I started working for a publisher/vendor/partner in legal information is going to be….to promote one of our products. Awkward. But it’s a FREE product! Does that help? I…

 

Horse Legal Forms – Free Equine Legal Forms

02 Sep

Horse Legal Forms Equine Legal Forms – FREE horse riding agreement and liability
release – downloadable and printable equine legal forms for many circumstances
surrounding horse management

 
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How Much Does Your Online Legal Search Vendor Know or Could Know About You and Your Clients?

01 Sep

Got any clue? Jason Wilson writes: I sometimes wonder how much these CALR vendors could know about you (lawyer/law firm) and your clients at any given moment. Sure, they might not know names, but they would know if related C/M…

 

Updated GlobaLex Research Guides

31 Aug

August 2011 updated guides available on GlobaLex: International Sports Law by Amy Burchfield Guide to Legal Research in Belarus by Tatyana Khodosevich & Nadia Shalygina; Update by Nadia Shalygina An Introduction to Colombian Governmental Institutions and Primary Legal Sources by…

 

The ABA’s Latest Response To Senator Grassley

30 Aug

The American Bar Association, or more specifically, the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, responded to Senator Charles Grassley’s letter of August 9th, which was a response to the Section’s July 21st response to the Senator’s original…

 

Opening: Electronic Legal Information Specialist, Bilzin Sumberg, Miami, FL

25 Aug

Description: Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axel is seeking a tech savvy Legal Information Specialist with strong interpersonal skills. Reporting to the Director of Library and Knowledge Management, the successful candidate will conduct basic legal research as well as advise…