Paperless business cards
June 18, 2009 at 9:53 am | Posted in Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, Tech Side of Things | Leave a commentTags: Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, networking, professional conduct
Forget actual cards. Here are 8 new ways to create paperless business cards for potential clients and employers to remember you by.
Thanks to ALA Direct.
Job market cuts
June 2, 2009 at 2:30 pm | Posted in Legal Scholarship and Professional Development | Leave a commentTags: job market, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, recession
Taking a $100,000 pay cut as a young lawyer might sound horrifying, but when the alternative is being unemployed, some take what they can get. With the economy still struggling, one law firm has taken this route by telling some associates “they will be working in-house for clients at a salary of $60,000, down from $160,000. There is no guarantee of continued employment after one year of this arrangement.” Read the full article here.
Are you a summer associate?
June 2, 2009 at 2:24 pm | Posted in Just for Fun, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development | Leave a commentTags: job performance, professional conduct
If so, be wise and avoid the Nine Summer Associate Don’ts according to Bitter Lawyer! You might laugh at a few of these, but these would serve as smart guidelines in almost any position.
Thanks to the Law Student blog.
Educational videos on YouTube
March 30, 2009 at 9:38 am | Posted in General Interest, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, Tech Side of Things | Leave a commentTags: Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, online courses, online resources, YouTubeEdu
From bespacific.com: Earlier this week, the YouTube Blog announced the launch of YouTube EDU, a hub for videos from over 100 of our leading university and college partners. Think campus tours, news about cutting-edge research, and lectures by professors and world-renowned thought leaders. There are also 200 full (and free!) courses, in a range of subjects, from some of the world’s most prestigious universities.
Legal Research Teach-In Kit.
March 26, 2009 at 10:41 am | Posted in Legal Research 101, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, Tech Side of Things | Leave a commentTags: AALL, legal research, online research, online resources
Here is an online toolkit for legal researchers which includes research guides handouts and much more!
~American Association of Law Libraries
Save money using Westlaw and Lexis
March 24, 2009 at 2:42 pm | Posted in Legal Research 101, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development | Leave a commentTags: legal research, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, lexisnexis, westlaw
The CM Law Library Blog has a post listing cost-effective tips for those in the law profession, especially newer attorneys and clerks (perhaps like yourself?)
Facebook privacy settings
February 19, 2009 at 12:20 pm | Posted in General Interest, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, Tech Side of Things | Leave a commentTags: facebook
If you have a Facebook profile but want to keep everything as professional and private as possible, check out this link which tells you 10 privacy settings that you can use. Using these settings, you can prevent your profile from showing up in searches, tagging of unflattering photos, and more.
Thanks to ALA online.
100 web tools to get your organized
February 18, 2009 at 1:06 pm | Posted in Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, Tech Side of Things | Leave a commentTags: internet research, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development, online resources
From bookmarking and notetaking, to making your own personal wikis, the online college blog lists the 100 powerful web tools to organize your thoughts and ideas for all levels of study. Check them out and get organized today!
Lawyers for Libraries
October 2, 2008 at 9:41 am | Posted in Legal Scholarship and Professional Development | Leave a commentTags: first amendment rights, law libraries
Are you an attorney or law student interested in defending First Amendment rights when it comes to libraries? If so, you may be interested in attending the Lawyers for Libraries Training Institute to be held this February in Los Angeles. What a great way to hone in your skills and become a library advocate (and hey, the sunny weather in California during February doesn’t hurt either).
Interested? Learn more here.
Thanks to ALA.
Justice Scalia’s advice for law students
September 18, 2008 at 11:18 am | Posted in General Interest, Legal Scholarship and Professional Development | Leave a commentTags: law school
“I [Justice Scalia] took nothing but bread-and-butter classes, not ‘Law and Poverty,’ or other made-up stuff,” said Scalia, a Harvard law grad. “Take serious classes,” he urged students. “There’s so much law to learn. Don’t waste your time.” You can read more about this on the WSJ Law Blog.
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