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We Invite Alums to Provide Graduating Students With Tips on Passing the Bar Exam

Posted on May 06, 2009
Who better to advise graduating students on how to pass the Bar Exam than alums who have already taken it? We invite alumni to click on the "comments" link at the bottom of this post to bring up the comment screen. Type your comment on the screen and we will get it up and running so graduating students can review it as they study for the Bar Exam...

Struggling with Law School Student Loans?

Posted on May 05, 2009
Learn about the College Cost Reduction & Access Act and how it supports careers in public service and government!Wednesday, June 10, 20092 workshops to choose from, attend either:3:30-5pm or 5:30-7pmFordham University School of Law140 West 62 Street, McNally AmphitheatreReserve your seat! Heather Jarvis is an expert on federal loan forgiveness law - the College Cost Reduction and Access Act ("

Resources on How to Use LinkedIn Effectively

Posted on May 04, 2009
In a previous post, we discussed why and how to include a LinkedIn profile on your resume. Establishing an effective presence on LinkedIn, however, is a first step.As we are forever eager not to reinvent the wheel, here are several good resources to learn how to use LinkedIn most effectively:How to Use LinkedIn EffectivelyTop Eleven Ways to Use LinkedIn EffectivelySix Elements of a Great

Touro Law Center Alum Invents Bar Exam Study Game

Posted on May 04, 2009
Some of you may know a 2006 graduate of Touro Law Center, Caryn Pincus.Caryn has invented a new bar exam study game called "Passing the Bar." The #1 legal twitterer (Rex7) just mentioned Caryn's new game in a tweet. Word is getting out. Moreover, our own Dean Emeritus Barbara Mehrman received special thanks in the game website's acknowledgments...

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PSLawNet has an Updated Federal Government Careers Website

Posted on April 30, 2009
PSLawNet, the fantastic website for those law students and graduates interested in public interest and government job opportunities, just rolled out its updated federal government careers page, which covers everything from where the internships and jobs are to security clearances and loan forgiveness...

Listing Your Social Media Presence on Your Resume

Posted on April 30, 2009
Today, a member of the Law School Career Services listserve posed a question about whether it would be appropriate for a student (or graduate) to list her LinkedIn profile address on her resume. This is a great question, as it requires us to think about how Web 2...

LGBT Writing Competition Provides Scholarship Opportunities for Law Students

Posted on April 29, 2009
The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association today announced the launch of its eleventh annual Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition, calling for scholarly submissions on legal topics that affect the LGBT community...

"Intelligent Interviewing: Telling Your Story, Selling Yourself"

Posted on April 28, 2009
The New York City Bar Association is hosting a program entitled:Intelligent Interviewing: Telling Your Story, Selling YourselfIn this competitive job market, understanding how to tell a potential employer why he or she should select you is crucial. Interviewing is a skill that can be learned and must be practiced...

Health Insurance for Graduating Law Students

Posted on April 28, 2009
The American Bar Association has announced that student health insurance is available for up to one year after graduation. However, you must act now.According to the ABA statement:Numerous graduating third year law students who are either currently unemployed or on deferred employment have inquired about the availability of health insurance from the ABA Law Student Division...

NY State July Bar Exam Application Deadline is Thursday, April 30

Posted on April 27, 2009
If you wish to sit for the July 28-29, 2009 New York State Bar Examination, you must submit your application to the New York State Board of Law Examiners by Thursday, April 30, 2009. That is this Thursday!To submit your application online, go here.

Interested in Elder Law? Take this CLE seminar.

Posted on April 24, 2009
The Suffolk Academy of Law, in conjunction with the Elder Law & Estate Planning Committee of the Suffolk County Women's Bar Association, is holding a continuing legal education seminar on the "who, what, when, why, and where of guardianship proceedings" that would be useful for any student or alum whom is interested in working in elder law...

Legal Research Secrets to Make You a Better Summer Law Clerk

Posted on April 23, 2009
If you missed the Touro Law Center library's excellent program (presented by Christine Morton & James Durham) on research tips to make you a better summer law clerk, you can find a video recording of the program on the Touro Law Center intranet here. Just type in your Touro ID and password, click on "recordings" and then "events," and you will find it on the list of recorded programs.

Scholarships from the American Association for Justice

Posted on April 22, 2009
When an organization extends a deadline for scholarships, it's a good bet that it has not yet received the number of applications it was anticipating. In such circumstances, the smart thing to do is to pounce on the opportunity.The American Association for Justice (formerly "The Association of Trial Lawyers of America" ...

Employers Using Social Networking Sites to Screen Applicants

Posted on April 22, 2009
We are very much in favor of social networking sites and social media. However, we try to keep students and alums informed of how these tools are being used by others.The following is part of a description of a seminar geared to employers concerning the use of social networking sites to screen applicants:Job applicants have long used the internet to research employers...

Free Program to Boost Your Government Employment Credentials

Posted on April 22, 2009
The Center for New York City Law is hosting the The Fifteenth Citywide Seminar on Ethics in New York City GovernmentThis year's topics: ? Misuse of Position? Political Activities? Post Employment ? Pre-Government Employment: Challenges to the Public Trust and Suggested Solutions? Council Discretionary Grants: Pitfalls and Practice? Playing the Law: The Use of Play in Developing an

Touro Finishes Ninth in the World at International Vis Moot

Posted on April 20, 2009
The following is Professor Jack Graves' description of Touro Law Center's Moot Court Team's efforts at this year's Vis Moot Court Competition in Vienna:A team of Touro students participated again this year in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria...

"Three-peat for Touro Law Center"

Posted on April 20, 2009
As reported in the April 2009 edition of the Nassau Lawyer, the journal of the Nassau County Bar Association:"For the third year in a row, Touro Law School captured the top spot in the Nassau Academy of Law's Twenty-sixth Annual Moot Court Competition held on March 25 at DOMUS [the house of the Association]...

Touro and Columbia Only Two American Law Schools Left Standing at International Vis Moot Court Competition

Posted on April 08, 2009
The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Vienna, Austria, is a competition for law students from across the globe. The Moot involves a dispute arising out of a contract of sale between two countries that are parties to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods...

Opportunities with the United States Department of Homeland Security

Posted on April 07, 2009
As you may know, most of the Career Services Office was in Washington, DC last week to attend the annual NALP Educational Conference. While the Conference fired us up with a number of new ideas, one of the more important aspects of the Conference was our ability to network with employers...

What are law students doing on their laptops in class?

Posted on April 07, 2009
Answering one of the most contentious questions in legal education today, New York University Law School students fess up here, using Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire as their inspiration.

And Speaking of Social Media...

Posted on April 06, 2009
This looks good:Top 100 Twitter Feeds for Law Students.

Social Media and Law Students

Posted on April 06, 2009
We think that law students who use social media (blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) thoughtfully and responsibly can help carve out a niche for themselves which may lead to future employment opportunities. We are aware, however, that some law school career services offices are troubled with students using social media websites because information about online identities could be used

Non-Traditional Careers for Attorneys: A Program for Law Students and Recent Law School Graduates

Posted on April 01, 2009
Non-Traditional Careers for Attorneys: A Program for Law Students and Recent Law School Graduates When: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 6:30 PM - 8 PM Where: NYC Bar Asociation, 42 West 44th Street Have you discovered that you don't want to practice law? Are you still trying to figure out what you want to be when you grow up? Would you like to merge your love of the law with other passions? If so,

Research Skills Training Session for Students

Posted on April 01, 2009
A Cookie with the Librarians: Research Skills for Summer Jobs and Clerkships Two librarian / lawyers, Christine Morton and James Durham, will provide cost-effective, in-depth research suggestions for your summer job. The session will highlight free web sites for New York legal research, subscription databases available to you as a Touro student, and guidelines for using Lexis and Westlaw in an

CSO Goes to Washington

Posted on March 30, 2009
NALP, the Association of Legal Career Professionals, is dedicated to facilitating legal career counseling and planning, recruitment and retention, and the professional development of law students and lawyers. All of the counselors in CSO are members of NALP, participate in NALP activities, and attend the annal Educational Conference...

Touro Wins Again!

Posted on March 27, 2009
For the third time in as many years, a Touro Moot Court team defeated teams from CUNY, Hofstra, and St. John?s law schools to win the Nassau County Bar Association Moot Court Competition. In the final round, Touro, competing against a very polished team from CUNY, argued in front of a distinguished panel of jurists, including Justice Leonard Austen of the Appellate Division Second Department.

Speed Mentoring for Law Students

Posted on March 26, 2009
The Nassau County Women's Bar Association, a chapter of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, is hosting a program entitled, Speed Mentoring for Law Students, designed to offer law students the opportunity to speak with attorneys in various practice areas in the private and public sectors...

Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair: Registration Now Open!

Posted on March 26, 2009
The Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair is a relatively new initiative designed by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Diversity and Managing Partner Committees. In 2005, the first annual HDLJF was held in Kansas City, Missouri. This job fair, held on August 7-8, encourages students to make Kansas City their first choice to begin their career...

LeGal Mentor Program

Posted on March 25, 2009
LeGaL is proud to announce the start of its exciting and new Mentor Program for LGBT lawyers and law students. LeGaL encourages each of its lawyer members to recall those difficult first years as a law student and lawyer and to consider becoming a mentor for a local LGBT law student or new lawyer...

Are You Interested in Bankruptcy Law?

Posted on March 19, 2009
The economy is driving an uptick in the number of bankruptcy lawyers needed to handle all of the cases that arise from people losing their jobs. In response to this need, the Federal Courts have created an 8-part self-teaching web course designed to teach lawyers and lay people about the fundamentals of bankruptcy law and court procedure...

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