Michigan Supreme Court, Amendment of Rule 1.109 of the Michigan Court Rules
- Press Release, Maryland Carey Law Launches Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law
- Press Release, Southwestern Law School Launches First-of-Its-Kind Online J.D. Program
- The Recorder, State Bar Raises Cost of Bar Exam, Fees for Out-of-State Lawyers
- Reuters, California Could Be Next State to Bypass the Bar Exam
- Reuters, Law Professors 'Cold Calls' Spur Heated Debate
- Justine Rogers (New South Wales), Legal Ethics Education: Seeking–and Creating–a Stronger Community of Practice
- Roundup, Legal Ed News
- Debra Moss Vollweiler (Nova), Return of the Sage (on the Stage)?
- Wall Street Journal, Mother’s Love—a Bargain at $450 a Year, Plus Applicable Fees'.
Book of the week: I highly recommend the third edition of Roadmap: The Law Student's Guide to Meaningful Employment by Neil Hamilton. This book helps law students plan their careers from day one using research of what law firms are looking for in new hires and techniques of professional identity development.
What do you say when a potential employer asks, "Tell me about a project that you have managed and what you learned from that experience; tell me specifically about how you handled a difficult team member in implementing the project?" If you are like most law students, the slightest mention of "project management" or "difficult team member" makes you cringe, evoking painful memories of free-riding classmates. Once your discomfort passes, you either struggle to come up with a meaningful answer or fail to think of an experience demonstrating your project management and teamwork competencies. Would it surprise you to know that was supposed to be an easy question? What happens when you get a tricky question, such as, "What value do you bring beyond just technical legal skills to help our clients be successful?
The Roadmap process transforms this type of challenging question into an opportunity to differentiate yourself from other students. You will not need to wait for a specific question about the value you bring beyond technical legal skills to help legal employers and clients. Instead, you will understand what skills legal employers and clients need and will be able to explain how your strongest skills can help them succeed. You will be prepared with your best stories to demonstrate persuasive evidence of your strongest skills.
