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Encouraging Congress to Really Examine the Dramatic Unjustified Increase in the Cost of Law School

When I read a the United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees on HIGHER EDUCATION Issues Related to Law School Cost and Access October 2009, I was not impressed. Those drafting the report seemed to simply accept the statements of law school officials that ABA accreditation has no…

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WHY WE DO NOT NEED A PUBLIC LAW SCHOOL

A proposal for a new public law school for Massachusetts, one of only 7 states in the country not to have a public law school, has generated an enormous amount of controversy with many saying that there is a need for a school with a reasonable tuition and others saying…

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August 9, 1989 – Harvard Law School

AUGUST 9 1989 – HARVARD LAW SCHOOL After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1963, I worked for a large law firm, served in the US Army JAG and worked in an insurance company. After two years as an associate for a sole practitioner, I founded two small law firms…

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NOW ACCESSIBLE ONLINE – Think Small! Learning about and Locating Positions in Small Firms – New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition Webinar

I had the opportunity and the privilege yesterday to make a presentation entitled “Think Small: Learning About and Locating Positions in Small Law Firms” for the New York State Bar Association. About 30 who registered were “live” in the “studio” at the law office of Lauren Wachtler, the chair of…

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Think Small! Learning about and Locating Positions in Small Firms – New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition Webinar

On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, from noon to 2pm (EDT), I will be doing a live webcast for the New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition entitled Think Small! Learning About and Locating Positions in Small Law Firms “For many years, if not decades, there has been…

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Prospects Dim for Law Students OR The Light at the End of the Funnel

A week ago today, I submitted the following to the New York Times with a request that it be considered for an op-ed stating, as required, that it had not been previously published. The paper’s guidelines state that if you receive no telephone call or e-mail within three business days,…

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Can We Expect the Legal Media to Think Outside the Box?

Journalists of the legal media could be a force in correcting decades of law school misplacement. I just read the most recent of the plethora of articles focusing on placement offices and what they are doing for law students during this unique “challenging” “chill” inducing situation where more and more…

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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CONSIDERS GOING INTO PUBLIC SERVICE AT GRADUATION A DETOUR ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS – TRUE OR FALSE?

ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN THE BOSTON GLOBE For law graduates, a public-service detour on road to success By Rich Barlow, Globe Correspondent  |  April 27, 2009   With his degree from Harvard Law School due in June, Juan Valdivieso makes an attractive prospective hire, and last summer, he scooped up a…

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MATTHEW FOX (NO RELATION) AND THE REINVENTION OF WORK – QUOTES

QUOTES FROM THE REINVENTION OF WORK by MATTHEW FOX  Spirit means life, and both life and livelihood are about living in depth, living with meaning, purpose, joy and a sense of contributing to the greater community. A spirituality of work is about bringing life and livelihood back together again. Page 2…

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MATTHEW FOX (NO RELATION) AND THE REINVENTION OF WORK – INTRODUCTION

The following is from this webpage “Matthew Fox is author of 28 books including Original Blessing, The Reinvention of Work, Creativity, and A New Reformation. He was a member of the Dominican Order for 34 years. He holds a doctorate (received summa cum laude) in the History and Theology of…

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