I received a note lat week indicating that Santa Clara Law (my alma mater) had put together a June 24th program for “job-seeking law graduates” seeking resume and interview assistance, financial planning advice, stress management tips, social networking insights, and ideas for “leveraging your legal background for new opportunities.”
The latter is the most interesting for [...]
A new generation of law students is pushing the legal profession into the 21st century, and Rex Gradeless is at the vanguard. Check out Social Media Law Student if you’re interested in social media as it relates to lawyers and the law.
This article tells us something we already know: Law firms are playing it careful these days. I wonder though, how are law schools going to respond to this? Some law school graduates (self included) elect not to become lawyers. Some want to become lawyers but can’t find good jobs in the legal field. And some [...]
Susan Carter Liebel is putting together Solo Practice University, a “revolutionary new web-based educational and professional networking community for lawyers and law students.” For years Susan has been teaching law students how to become solo practitioners, and now she’s taking it online.
According to Susan, several of the faculty members are MILO (Macs in the [...]
Several months ago I discovered belatedly that almost all of my 20-something classmates were on Facebook. But in contrast to my 30-something (and older) classmates, not that many of them were on LinkedIn.
Here’s the difference between the two: Facebook is a social networking site. It’s about friendships. LinkedIn is a business networking site. It’s about [...]