I’ve been in contact with Mark Schwartz, the Director of Library Relations at West. He wanted to convey the message that “we at West are interested in remaining in touch with all Librarians of Leisure. We want to continue to send them our newsletters and invite them to programs.” If you are a law librarian [...]
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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is an international law firm of 475 attorneys and public policy advisors. The firm provides business solutions in the areas of environmental regulation, international law, public policy and regulatory affairs, corporate law, government contracts, intellectual property and technology, complex litigation, real estate, energy and finance. Currently, MLA has an opening [...]
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And thank you, Joe, for today’s wonderful post.
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My former intern also had the misfortune of being forced into leisure time, but about a month before me. When she asked whether she should mention the fact that she was laid off in her cover letter, I didn’t know the answer right away. Through research and discussions with various managers, I found it’s best [...]
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Have you read the articles? The new associates getting $75,000 not to show up to work for a year? The sixth year associate getting $80,000 to travel the world? Yep, I thought you had. Because it’s hard to read that lawyers are facing a grim job market and private law firm librarians are being hit [...]
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If you are interested in creating a legal consulting business, you are probably wondering if and how other law librarians have done so. A new article from lawjobs.com has an interview with Susan Davis, which discusses her creation of an a la carte law librarian business in Connecticut. It isn’t that long of an interview [...]
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Lincoln Memorial University invites applications for the position of Information Services Librarian at the Duncan School of Law, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. This position is responsible for providing reference assistance, legal research instruction and collection development in a library comprised mostly of digital legal and non-legal information. This position also performs planning, administrative and technical [...]
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Lincoln Memorial University invites applications for the position of Technical Services/Circulation Librarian at the Duncan School of Law, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The position is responsible for initial development and planning of the Technical Services Department, including acquisitions, cataloging processing and circulation.
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A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted the grim job market for laid-off lawyers and firms in general. As attorneys are being laid off and firms delay hiring, the 2009 AALL Economic Outlook Survey reveals that private law libraries have been the hardest hit. Academic and state, court, or country law libraries have had some [...]
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This position reports directly to the Director of Library & Information Resources and receives supervision from the office manager. This position is primarily responsible in providing quality day-to-day library services to the firm’s library’s users in his/her assigned office, and when necessary Firm-wide.
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