Did you see the article in the WSJ today on employers only considering employed candidates? I have been thinking about it all day and wondering whether to post something about it. In the end, my thoughts come down to disbelief. If this economic downtown had not cost millions of people their jobs, that would be [...]
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A national law firm representing Fortune 100 clients seeks a librarian to manage its Library. Job Description: In addition to overseeing staff, successful candidate will manage and expand all aspects of research, reference, and user training. Responsibilities include but are not limited to reference and research, budget preparation and management and training. Requirements: MLS Degree; [...]
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The Gordon D. Schaber Law Library seeks an enthusiastic candidate to be our next Instructional Services and Legal Research Librarian, who will provide reference, instructional, and outreach services to the law school community and participate actively in the Law School’s Global Lawyering Skills course. Candidates should have a global perspective on legal education, have the [...]
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An article in the WSJ earlier this week highlighted the differences in unemployment benefits between various states. “The differences highlight the inequities of the U.S. unemployment-insurance system, a complex patchwork of government programs guided by Washington but administered principally by the states.” An interactive map of unemployment benefits state by state accompanied the article. There [...]
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About The Company: LexisNexis is a leading global provider of information and services solutions to the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting and academic markets. The company provides customers access to 5 billion searchable documents from more than 35,000 legal, news and business sources. Responsibilities The Librarian Relations Consultant position exists to [...]
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This coming academic year Albany Law School (the oldest independent law school in the United States) will be hiring a new Director for the school’s Schaffer Law Library. The new Director will start July 1, 2010. The position will be advertised in August 2009, at which time candidates may formally apply (or be nominated by [...]
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The employee in this position serves as a Foreign Law Specialist for Scandinavian countries for the Law Library of the Library of Congress. These jurisdictions include Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. The Foreign Law Specialist is responsible for providing advice and assistance on foreign legal issues, questions, or situations to the United States Congress, Executive [...]
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Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks a Cataloger to work under a one-year contract with a government agency located in Arlington, Virginia, subject to award, to begin July 1, 2009. Work must be done on-site, no telecommuting. Responsibilities: Create new records for legal publications, U.S. Government publications, and other related materials (both serials and monographs) for [...]
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One of the strong points about Librarians is that we are so able to adapt…we retool, we reengineer, we well…we are. And so? I started to write this post about how we inter departmentalize, as that makes us so much more part of the organic law firm…the revenue flow. Have I said revenue enough? But [...]
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An article from Law.com on tips for using LinkedIn. If you are new to the social networking site or want to make sure you’re using it effectively, be sure to read it.
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