Sentences with phrase «first job in a law»

A year later in ’95 I started my first job in a law... more»

A year later in ’95 I started my first job in a law firm.

Wayne got me my first job in a law firm in Dec. 1994, and to this day is one of the biggest «grumps» I've come across.

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The JOBS Act, which offers the first changes to securities law in more than 80 years, enables a new equity - crowdfunding model that allows backers to buy shares in posted ventures.

His first job after graduating from Harvard Law School was as a bankruptcy attorney in New York.

Apple, the world's most valuable company, said Wednesday that it will spend $ 350 billion on development and create 20,000 jobs in the United States in the next five years, outlining for the first time how it will invest in the U.S. economy following the new tax law passed late last year.

When I first met my wife, I was going to law school part - time in the evenings and working full - time during the day at a government job.

As some First Things readers know, in my day job, I'm the Director of the Center for Law and Religion at St. John's University in New York.

If you think that level of effort correlates to level of pay, I'd suggest first trying to work some labor - intensive job for minimum wage, and then spend a few weeks in, say, a law office or computer firm.

As Robert J. Kelleher, a Los Angeles lawyer out of Williams College and Harvard Law, winds up his first year in the unpaid job of presiding over amateur tennis in this country, several of his fellow officers have concluded that the dog in Puerto Rico had the right idea.

So, creating law for one of the largest States» in The Union is a Part Time Job (maybe this is the first problem).

After finishing first in his law - school class, Cuomo has said, he sent letters to 60 Wall Street firms asking for job interviews but got no responses.

Since the passage into law the National Lotto Act, 2006 (Act 722) and Lottery Regulation, 2008 (L.I. 1948), this is the first time since 2006 that the Board and Management of NLA led by Kofi Osei - Ameyaw have decided to * Register and License * the Operators, Agents, Sub-Agents and Writers of Banker - to - Banker Lottery under Public - Private Partnership Agreement so that they can operate legitimately and pay their taxes to Government in order to increase revenue mobilization for Government through Lottery as well as create jobs for people who are interested in Private Lottery.

But while law enforcement luminaries like Police Commissioner William Bratton and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara bask in the media spotlight, Rodriguez has remained largely in the shadows in his first six months on the job, reflecting a low - key approach that lets his agents» work speak for itself.

From what I've seen with my sister in law being from South America and from seeing tourists everyday at my first job...

Though Justine is at first not too enthusiastic, Danny has no problem welcoming his brother - in - law to a three months» stay if Jake would take care of little Teddy while the parents are busy with their jobs.

But instead of asking why that is, and exploring why teachers compete for charter jobs with at - will agreements or one - year contracts, they write of union - busting tactics at several charters, see low rates of unionization as a «cause for concern,» and wind up recommending that state laws provide an automatic union vote in the first year of each charter.

For Palfrey, rethinking staff needs meant completely dismantling the Harvard Law Library organizational chart, asking a team of staff to create a new organizational model and work design — with an eye on digital — and then asking every staff member to indicate in which new unit they wanted to work, as the first step to job reassignment.

LIFO had been in the crosshairs of Gov. Chris Christie and some legislators involved in crafting the new tenure law, which for the first time directly links gaining tenure to positive job evaluations.

By state law, those layoffs would have been conducted on a last - hired, first - fired basis, meaning most teachers hired after 2007 in New York City would lose their jobs, no matter how they performed in the classroom.

First, the good news: The context of Secretary Clinton's remarks were in a talk about supporting public schools in Iowa, specifically schools widely regarded as doing a good job but in danger because of Iowa's particular budgeting laws.

«Senator Jack Reed and I led the effort to include public libraries in this important new law because they are often the first places Americans go for skill development and job search assistance,» said Representative Rush Holt (D - NJ).

Lex Law wasn't my first choice, but I worked with them in the past and thought it may be best to go back with them since they did such a fantastic job the first time.

My dad's first job for the in - law's family business was racing for the car batteries of dead cars, the most valuable component being the easily removed lead inside.

If you are scared away from the legal field by the simple fact that the traditional and more lucrative attorney jobs aren't there, then perhaps you shouldn't be considering law school in the first place.

For the first time in a law firm, everyone had a job description.

If you are a first or second - year law student, you can not afford to return to school in September without a long list of the things you did this summer to better position yourself to ultimately get a job in this tough economy.

Because as I learned in this engrossing profile, Balancing Act: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remembers Her First Steps in the Law, Ginsburg is grateful to the law firms that spurned her, explaining that if she had been able to get a job in a corporate law firm when she finished law school, she would be a retired partner today, not a Supreme Court justiLaw, Ginsburg is grateful to the law firms that spurned her, explaining that if she had been able to get a job in a corporate law firm when she finished law school, she would be a retired partner today, not a Supreme Court justilaw firms that spurned her, explaining that if she had been able to get a job in a corporate law firm when she finished law school, she would be a retired partner today, not a Supreme Court justilaw firm when she finished law school, she would be a retired partner today, not a Supreme Court justilaw school, she would be a retired partner today, not a Supreme Court justice.

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According to ABA data, 82 law firm mergers were approved in 2014 alone, reflecting the larger trend of a shrinking legal services industry that eliminated 1,400 jobs in the first month of this year.

Law students from the University of Calgary will be boarding the first Job Shadowing Justice Bus today and making their way to Brooks, Alta., to gain hands - on exposure to the day - to - day operations of a legal practice in the rural part of the province.

Today we hear from Andrea Hall, Founder and Principle of US based The Hall Law Office, LLC, on the crucial steps to take when you first walk in to your new job as a lawyer.

After twice being robbed in my cab at gunpoint, I decided it was time to look for my first law - related job.

In a paragraph that could be seen as wrapping up its recent line of case law, it claims that it would be «particularly unjustified» if a Union citizen who has worked for one year in the host Member State and who has contributed to its social security and tax system by paying taxes, rates and other charges on his income, was treated in the same way as a first - time job seeker in that Member State «who has never carried on an economic activity in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44In a paragraph that could be seen as wrapping up its recent line of case law, it claims that it would be «particularly unjustified» if a Union citizen who has worked for one year in the host Member State and who has contributed to its social security and tax system by paying taxes, rates and other charges on his income, was treated in the same way as a first - time job seeker in that Member State «who has never carried on an economic activity in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44in the host Member State and who has contributed to its social security and tax system by paying taxes, rates and other charges on his income, was treated in the same way as a first - time job seeker in that Member State «who has never carried on an economic activity in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44in the same way as a first - time job seeker in that Member State «who has never carried on an economic activity in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44in that Member State «who has never carried on an economic activity in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44in that State and has never contributed to that system» (para. 44).

After finishing law school at the University of Toronto, Strathy, whose first full day in the chief's job is today, articled at MacKinnon McTaggart in Toronto, a firm he estimates has seen the likes of about eight or nine judges, including former Ontario Court of Appeal associate chief justice Bert MacKinnon and other distinguished judges such as Justice Robert Sharpe of the appeal court and former Supreme Court of Canada justice Ian Binnie.

After graduating law school I accepted my first job as an Assistant State Attorney prosecuting crime in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Sperling and Shapcott's and Rosen's recommendations for fostering a growth mindset in law schools focus primarily on communicating a growth mindset message to law students — be it from professors who have examined their own mindsets and thereby shifted their expectations and language; 188 through orientation programs that include growth - oriented messages from administrators, professors and guest speakers; 189 by framing assignments and evaluation in terms of process; 190 by professors who teach legal writing using their expertise in narrative to tell stories that show that legal writing and analysis skills are learned through effort and persistence; 191 by professors and administrators «communicat [ing] that law school has academic value beyond the first year» and «encourag [ing] students to view rankings and large firm job placements as indicative of mastery that can be obtained through learning and hard work»; 192 or, by providing growth mindset student mentors for incoming students.193

«There's a widely held assumption in law firms that new associates should be billing hundreds of hours within their first three months on the job, and many thousands of hours within their first two or three years....

He started out as the son of a railroad worker, whose first job after law school was a simple editor, grappling with the key numbering system in the old West Building on Kellogg Boulevard.

Well, to counter the negative grades, how about: • Assist law school grads looking for jobs • Encourage pro bono work in the practice of law • Set aside a percentage of first -, second - and third - year salaries to pay down debt • Act as a mentor for law school students • Assist law students in the study of law and legal writing Consider contacting your local dean, and pitching in.

A first - generation immigrant, Nehal Madhani graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and landed a job working in Kirkland & Ellis» bankruptcy practice.

First - and second - year students with summer jobs: A lot of people are ecstatic about the fact that they will be gainfully employed at law firms in the summer months... [but] they face the frustration of renegotiation start dates with their employers.

The incredibly complex litigation that followed was still going strong at my first job after I graduated from law school in 1995 when I worked on the Love Canal case as a lawyer, representing some of the insurance companies on that risk.

Students interested in private practice should first try to get a job in a law firm (apply widely and follow up).

During your first and second year of law school, cultivate relationships with professors so they can get to know you, will be in a position to comment specifically on your qualifications for a job, and will be comfortable writing letters for you.

For example, diversity was measured for the first time in the 2015 CLO Survey conducted by the ACC and one general counsel recently told Bloomberg Big Law Business his company «has made significant progress, and he'd like to see the law firms he works with do a better job keeping up.&raqLaw Business his company «has made significant progress, and he'd like to see the law firms he works with do a better job keeping up.&raqlaw firms he works with do a better job keeping up.»

Sam Glover: Today, I sarcastically observed on Twitter that the last sentence in every... Somewhere in the first paragraph of every story about AI and law, you have to either state that it's coming for lawyers» jobs or that it's not going to take over lawyers» jobs because that is the ultimate question, I guess.

At first, Vandaveer went looking for full - time jobs and landed first at a Kuwaiti business law firm and then at the US Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where she mostly handled immigration matters.

At Southwestern, we have also developed a variety of initiatives.21 One is a vehicle for me as dean to teach first - year students at the beginning and end of their six - credit legal writing course entitled LAWS (Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes in early careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects; earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people in different positions.

The book first examines the somewhat unique nature of a law firm workplace, in which each lawyer is a free agent who likely sees the work as a vocation more than just a job.