One of the most competitive law firm recruiting seasons in a decade is
underway, with firms scrambling to find the right law students -- and
enough of them -- to fill their summer and first-year associate classes.
The New York Law Journal has produced a special report about how firms
and students can find the right match. For the full text of any of the
stories listed below, link to:
http://www.nylj.com/links/recruiting98.html
Smaller Firms Try Novel Hiring Strategies
by Anna Snider, New York Law Journal reporter
Firms Turning to On-Line Recruiting
by Victoria Rivkin, New York Law Journal reporter
Memo to Branch Office Recruiters: You're Not in Kansas Anymore
by Amy L. Grossman, recruiting coordinator at the New York office of
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
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Law School Placement Directors Speak Out:
Class Rank is an Overrated Hiring Criteria
by Joan A. King of Brooklyn Law School
What Students Want to Know About Firms
by Ellen R. Cherrick, Nancy J. Kramer & Vielka Holness of Benjamin N.
Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University
How Students Use Computers to Find Jobs
by Ellen Wayne of Columbia University School of Law
Where Firms Can Find "Hidden" Job Candidates
by Caroline Levy of Hofstra University School of Law
Law Firms' Five Biggest Hiring Mistakes
by Deborah Howard of New York Law School
How Firms Can Build a Recruiting Strategy
by Irene Dorzback of New York University School of Law
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Hiring is Only the Start: Battling Associate Attrition
by Paula A. Patton, executive director of the National Association for
Law Placement
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