Close

Articles Posted in On-Campus Interviewing

Updated:

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…

Updated:

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…

Updated:

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…

Updated:

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,…

Updated:

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…

Updated:

Debra and Ron Post 3 – ARE LAW SCHOOLS MERELY FUNNELS FOR BIGLAW?

 For information on the genesis of these posts and on who “Debra” is, click here and read the intro to “Debra and Ron Post 1.“ Ron: When I began to work as the public interest adviser at Harvard Law School in 1983, I knew that there were thousands of capable…

Updated:

ADVICE TO LAW SCHOOLS – SOLICIT BIGLAW? NO. HELP LAW STUDENTS? YES. PLACEMENT TO BIGLAW? NO. CAREER PLANNING FOR STUDENTS? YES.

It is critically important at this time when there has been a decline in recruiting by the large law firms who have dominated campus interviewing to deemphasize employer outreach. A school unable to attract sufficient employer responses adds to the students’ frustration. Their self-esteem is diminished since they are not…

Updated:

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…

Updated:

A CHALLENGE TO LAW SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO WANT CAREERS SERVING THE LEGAL NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE A REALISTIC OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO – PART 3

Aspects of the Traditional Law School Experience Which Inhibit or Divert Law Students From Careers Serving the Legal Needs of the Public. Since in so much I have written I have taken quotes from the ABA’s MacCrate Report and one issued by the Mass School of Law, both in 1992,…

Updated:

US NEWS RANKINGS & LAW SCHOOLS: A DISSERVICE TO THE LEGAL NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC!

When the U.S. News & World Report issued its ranking of law schools in March, 1990, I drafted a letter criticizing one major defect in its analysis; i.e., failing to include as a criterion the extent to which the law school ensures that its graduates fulfill the legal profession’s obligation…

Contact Us