21st Century Legal Career Series: Tricks of the trade (and professional) associations : a huge "hidden" legal job market
Author: Richard Lee Hermann
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Published: 2017
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Tricks of the Trade (and Professional) Associations
Author: Richard Lee Hermann
Publisher:
Published: 2017-08
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9781946228253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 13, Tricks of the Trade (and Professional) Associations: A Huge ¿Hidden¿ Legal Job Market, examines the largely under the radar legal career opportunities in the 95,000 U.S. trade and professional associations. Formed as non-profits, they defy the typical image of what comes to mind when legal job-seekers hear that term. Rather than a struggling advocacy or public interest organization with its hand out, begging for donations and paying its staff peanuts, Hermann counters these associations share four features that should be of interest to every attorney:1.They have substantial assets (more than $2 trillion in the aggregate);2.They employ tens of thousands of attorneys;3.You can find these attorneys in places other than just the in-house counsel office; and4.They are corporations. Consequently, they share many of the structural features of their for-profit counterparts. Lawyers who work for their in-house counsel offices have many of the same responsibilities as their commercial company brethren. And, like their commercial counterparts, associations hire lawyers for a wide variety of JD Advantage jobs.Highlights include:¿An Association Primer ¿Why Is the Association Job Market Hot? ¿Where Do Lawyers Work in Associations? ¿Selected JD Advantage Job Titles ¿Positioning Yourself for an Association Legal Job ¿What Do Association Jobs Pay? ¿Advance Notice of Association Job OpportunitiesWhy Do Associations Hire Attorneys? The principal reason attorneys are prized by associations is because so much of what these organizations do is informed and infused by law. Almost every aspect of association work has some legal orientation or component, or requires legal input. Lawyers are in the best position to serve in an array of association positions because they can perform so many of the missions that give rise to associations, make them relevant, and keep them in business.Hermann takes you behind the scenes and details how you can build a fulfilling career in this often overlooked, vibrant career arena.
Data Protection Practice
Author: Richard L. Hermann
Publisher:
Published: 2017-01-20
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9781946228017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuild a legal career in the hottest 21st century practice areas!In his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 1, Data Protection Practice: The Brave New Legal World, investigates a practice area that may be the hottest one going today and likely to be a centerpiece of business, personal, and legal concern for years to come. Talk to any law firm managing partner or corporate or government general counsel and you are likely to hear that s/he cannot find enough data protection attorneys. Every day the demand for lawyers who understand the legal implications of cybersecurity threats is surging in every employment sector. This booklet shows you how to surge with it and take advantage of this exciting career opportunity, Highlights include:*Six Key Features of Current Data Protection Practice*What Makes Data Protection Law So Hot? *The State of the Law*The Practice*Who Hires? "Mainstream" and JD-Advantage Jobs in Data Protection*What Does It Pay? *Breaking In*Finding Out About Data Protection Jobs before Everyone Else*Where to Go for More InformationCyber threats know no borders. The potential for misuse of sensitive personal information, corporate intelligence, and national security secrets is panicking businesses, governments, and other organizations worldwide, triggering legislative and regulatory action everywhere you look. Nations are scrambling to modernize their laws and regulations to cope with the new technologies that enable hacking before they are left even farther behind this growing law-technology gap. Technology know-how is a plus, but not mandatory because there are only a handful of attorneys with an in-depth understanding of the technological aspects of data security. A data protection attorney, most importantly, must be able to communicate effectively with people from all disciplines and backgrounds.Hermann focuses on what law students and lawyers need to know to break into this sizzling hot employment field.
The Legal Career Guide
Author: Gary A. Munneke
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781604422603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Legal Career Guide is designed as a hands-on manual to assist law students or young lawyers in making important decisions by helping them identify specific goals and evaluate opportunities as they arise, reflect on changes in personal situations that affect their aspirations, and assess new trends within the profession that will impact their chosen practice.
Managing Your Legal Career
Author: Richard Lee Hermann
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781604429008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo compete in today's tight job market, you need up-to-date, reliable information on how to manage this phase of your legal career. This thorough guide--divided into short, specific sections that touch on what you'll need to do before your new job hunt, while you're looking, as you're sitting in the interview, once you've gotten an offer, and everything in between--covers everything you need to know.
The Legal Career Guide
Author: Gary A. Munneke
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to legal careers for law students. It includes discussion of how to: develop a timetable for your job search; write a resume that stands out; research potential employers; answer interviewers' questions; and weigh up job offers.
Career Opportunities in Law and the Legal Industry
Author: Susan Echaore -McDavid
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010-04-21
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1438110766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides comprehensive coverage of careers in the legal industry. Career profiles include court administrator, elder law attorney, family court judge, and more.
The Lawyer Bubble
Author: Steven J Harper
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016-03-08
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0465097634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story—the growing oversupply of new lawyers, widespread career dissatisfaction, and spectacular implosions of pre-eminent law firms. Yet eager hordes of bright young people continue to step over each other as they seek jobs with high rates of depression, life-consuming hours, and little assurance of financial stability. The Great Recession has only worsened these trends, but correction is possible and, now, imperative. In The Lawyer Bubble, Steven J. Harper reveals how a culture of short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation’s finest minds to the long-run implications of their actions. Law school deans have ceded independent judgment to flawed U.S. News & World Report rankings criteria in the quest to maximize immediate results. Senior partners in the nation’s large law firms have focused on current profits to enhance American Lawyer rankings and individual wealth at great cost to their institutions. Yet, wiser decisions—being honest about the legal job market, revisiting the financial incentives currently driving bad behavior, eliminating the billable hour model, and more—can take the profession to a better place. A devastating indictment of the greed, shortsightedness, and dishonesty that now permeate the legal profession, this insider account is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how things went so wrong and how the profession can right itself once again.
Fifty Unique Legal Paths
Author: Ursula Furi-Perry
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781590319970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thorough, easy-to-use handbook focuses on the wide variety of job options for law graduates. In addition to non-practicing legal positions, you'll find the ten booming practice areas for attorneys, as well as some unique positions outside the legal field for which the JD degree is a natural fit.
Full Disclosure
Author: Christen Civiletto Carey
Publisher: ALM Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780970597007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering the often frustrating process of researching and securing a law firm job and how to succeed once a job is secured, this is a mentoring guide for new lawyers at the beginning stages of their careers. It embodies a collective wisdom about the things lawyers wished they knew at the beginning of their careers, rather than the end. Subjects covered include traditional and creative job hunting, writing resumes and cover letters, first and second interviews, and developing relationships with firms as a summer associate. Using real-life examples, this reference also focuses on the ultimate goal of being a satisfied and fulfilled lawyer and discusses many of the daily workplace issues that new lawyers are often afraid to talk about -- handling firm partners and assignments, courtroom etiquette, organisational tools, and dating within the firm.
