Sentences with phrase «summer as a law student»

One of the most rewarding ways to spend your summer as a law student is a study abroad program.

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Parker Sawyers plays the future president when he was still just a charismatic law student, with Tika Sumpter co-starring as the future first lady, his superior at the Chicago law firm where he worked during the summer of 1989.

The California Supreme Court will decide this summer whether to take up an appeal by nine students in the historic Vergara vs. California case challenging our unusually protective teacher tenure laws, as well as a seniority - based layoff system that often keeps ineffective teachers in district classrooms while letting more talented but less senior teachers go.

Alabama George Packer In the summer of 1980, when I was nineteen, I worked as a $ 600 - a-month intern at a government - funded poverty law center in Alabama, renting a matchbox house with two black law students at the crumbling edge of downtown Mobile.

I received a position there as a summer student after my first year of law school.

A few years ago, as a result of a bright idea from my colleague Leigh - Ann McGowan, we encouraged our summer students to set up their own blog to record what they were experiencing in their immersion into the law firm culture.

The first theory of the pre-1L summer, which many law school types gravitate toward naturally, is that students should prepare as much as possible.

Students have access to extensive job search databases and resources on summer and academic - year positions, including international law jobs and fellowships, judicial clerkships and internships, as well as public interest and pro bono positions.

The emphasis of our summer program is to give law students a realistic view of life as an associate at Nixon Peabody.

Let's contrast the overly confident student in the parking lot with another student, who was back on campus after having worked as a summer associate in a large law firm.

As a Summer Law Student in 2016, Ruchi worked under the supervision of lawyers at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and Aboriginal Legal Services in Toronto.

As Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee's Fellowship Subcommittee, Ms. Sampath leads the Committee's efforts to ensure that law students from diverse backgrounds have the opportunity to gain exposure to plaintiff - side employment litigation through summer clerkships at CELA firms.

Because Sacramento is the state capital of California we had a very robust and well - thought - through field placement program where students would have the opportunity to extern in either state government or regulatory agencies or otherwise in what I call the hub - and - spoke model where they would go out into their field placement, come back into a hub, discuss, process, analyze under supervision either the ethical issues they were facing in those environments or other practice issues, and I think that helps prepare them for the transition into life beyond law school as well as allowing them to create the opportunities to meet people in those working environments, understand what it meant beyond the law school to be in that working environment, beyond just a kind of summer type of experience.

But, as The New York Times reports, the anonymous blogger is, in fact, Jeremy Blachman, a 25 - year - old third - year Harvard law student «whose firsthand experience of Big Law comes down to a round of recruiting interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate at a large Manhattan firm.&raqlaw student «whose firsthand experience of Big Law comes down to a round of recruiting interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate at a large Manhattan firm.&raqLaw comes down to a round of recruiting interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate at a large Manhattan firm.»

ARLO, which has a separate website, matches law students with summer and articling positions in rural communities, and also encourages rural lawyers to «make positions available as a way to ensure the succession of their practice and accessibility of legal services in their community.»

Many law schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal cultureLaw and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culturelaw together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culture.20

As summer associates, law students still have plenty to learn about marketing, the business of law and the importance of feedback.

Leigh Jones reports that even as large firms lure them with promises of big money and post-graduation jobs, some law students are opting for summer internships with «more meaningful» summer jobs.

Quient recently hired a part - time staff attorney and will be managing several interns during the summer — law students as well as public health and social service graduate students.

With summer over, law students return to school and new grads embark on their first legal job, many as law firm associates.

It came to life during the ABA Annual Meeting last summer in Chicago, where 12th Circuit Governor Madison Burke and I sat down as the first hosts for what's now one of our flagship offerings for the 115,000 law students we represent across the country.

As a law student, Mr. Eichenstein clerked one summer with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in the Major Narcotics Division, and a full year in the legal affairs division of CBS Television.

The blogger invited students to share figures on school representation in law firms» summer - associate programs (one finding: Columbia is the perennial winner in New York), as well as where federal appeals clerks went to school.

But now, as summer associate opportunities dry up, law schools are encouraging students to seek out various options for gaining real legal experience, so demand for externships has risen.

The Pledge Group's major initiatives include a paid Summer Clerkship program for diverse first year law students at the University of Colorado and first year and second year evening students at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, as well as two annual diversity receptiolaw students at the University of Colorado and first year and second year evening students at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, as well as two annual diversity receptioLaw, as well as two annual diversity receptions.

PLIAN is seeking an independent and dynamic student with an interest in law to work with us this summer as a Legal Information Officer.

Each semester and over the summer, we hire several law students as unpaid interns.

As Berkeley Law students and alumni, we respectfully request that the Career Development Office extend this prohibition to any employer that requires any employee, including associates, staff, or summer associates, to agree to as a general condition of employment: (1) a mandatory arbitration agreement, or (2) a non-disclosure agreement that covers discrimination, harassment, or other workplace misconducAs Berkeley Law students and alumni, we respectfully request that the Career Development Office extend this prohibition to any employer that requires any employee, including associates, staff, or summer associates, to agree to as a general condition of employment: (1) a mandatory arbitration agreement, or (2) a non-disclosure agreement that covers discrimination, harassment, or other workplace misconducas a general condition of employment: (1) a mandatory arbitration agreement, or (2) a non-disclosure agreement that covers discrimination, harassment, or other workplace misconduct.

As is typical in the market, we also give the student the option of working with us during the summer between the student's second and third year of law school.

Over the last couple of years our Partners gave lectures on different areas of law to students at Kyiv - Mohyla Academy, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and Lviv National Ivan Franko University within the framework of the Arzinger Academy Project (established in September 2010), at summer law schools and as part of training courses conducted by the Students» League of the Ukrainian Bar Association and thus prepared young professionals to practical work awaiting them after grastudents at Kyiv - Mohyla Academy, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and Lviv National Ivan Franko University within the framework of the Arzinger Academy Project (established in September 2010), at summer law schools and as part of training courses conducted by the Students» League of the Ukrainian Bar Association and thus prepared young professionals to practical work awaiting them after graStudents» League of the Ukrainian Bar Association and thus prepared young professionals to practical work awaiting them after graduation.

We hope to include volunteers who are members of the Law Society, as well as articling students and law students who are home for the summLaw Society, as well as articling students and law students who are home for the summlaw students who are home for the summer.

The following year, I began to work at Henderson Heinrichs as a summer law student, and truly enjoyed applying my theoretical knowledge to assist clients in successfully resolving their legal disputes.

During law school students aspiring to family law can gain valuable experience as externs for state agencies dedicated to child and family welfare, as summer associates for family law or divorce attorneys, and as volunteers for organizations assisting individuals involved in family - related conflict or advocating for family - related causes.

Or it might be incorporated into a summer program, used to introduce summer associates to lawyers they might not otherwise meet, or as part of a community - wide diversity initiative to help law students meet potential mentors from a number of firms.

Karissa summered with a large regional law firm after her first year of law school and worked as a legal summer student at the world's premium potash exporter after her second year of legal studies.

Andrew James is creator of the Summer Success Crash Course — a downloadable audio and text course that gives law students insider tips, hints, and behind - the - curtain insights on how to succeed and prosper as a summer assoSummer Success Crash Course — a downloadable audio and text course that gives law students insider tips, hints, and behind - the - curtain insights on how to succeed and prosper as a summer assosummer associate.

Opportunities During the School Year: Law students may participate as an extern or volunteer during the fall, spring and summer semesters.

Justice Quince has received the following honors and awards: 2017, National Bar Association Hall of Fame; 2017, Women Lawyers Division Jurist of the Year; 2017 Sharon Press Excellence in ADR; 2008, Lifetime Achievement Award by The Florida Bar's Government Lawyer Section; Florida Commission on the Status of Women, 2007 Florida Women's Hall of Fame award; American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession; 2007 Justice Quince was inducted into Florida Blue Key as an honorary member; 2006 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award; 2006 Rickards High School Outstanding School Volunteer Award; 2005 Key to the City of Winter Haven; 2005 Richard W. 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Stephanie Brooks joined the team at Russell Alexander in April 2018 as a summer law student.

• Saint John is the home of offices for each of the three leading regional law firms (Stewart McKelvey, Cox & Palmer, and McInnes Cooper), as well as several established, dynamic, and growing local firms, which offers an excellent mix to prospective summer and articling students in terms of both size and variety of work.

However, after going through student recruitment and working my 2L summer at MAG Crown Law Criminal, I was baffled to discover I did not love criminal law in practice as much as I enjoyed it in theoLaw Criminal, I was baffled to discover I did not love criminal law in practice as much as I enjoyed it in theolaw in practice as much as I enjoyed it in theory.

The bad news is that students don't learn these skills in law school or as a summer associate.

Today, I want speak to those law students who will be returning to school after spending the summer gaining some type of professional legal experience, whether working for pay in some capacity, completing an unpaid internship, or earning law school credit as an extern.

In 2016, 84 law students received stipend awards for summer pro bono work serving as interns in judicial chambers, U.S. Attorney offices, governmental agencies, NGOs, non-profit legal aid organizations and federal public defender offices.

Queen's Law's internship funding programs allow students to gain legal knowledge and skills by contributing to the public interest in Canada and abroad as summer interns.

While in law school Arieh worked as a summer law student at one of Canada's largest litigation law firms.

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