NACDL Launches Minority Law Fellowship Program

A recent graduate shared this article which highlights an excellent opportunity for law students. "The program allows talented law students to spend eight weeks working and actively interning under the supervision of experienced criminal defense attorneys in an assigned criminal defense law office. They are also invited to participate in NACDL events and networking opportunities throughout the summer..."
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/UNID/20BC8DF61EB70FAA852577A6005E9B25?OpenDocument

The 1L Job Search: Manage the Marathon, not the Sprint

Here is post from lawyerist.com which you (and they) may find useful.

The 1L Job Search: Manage the Marathon, not the Sprint

2010 Judicial Clerkship Hiring Assessed

With the advent of OSCAR (Online System for Clerkship Applications & Review) and the challenges of legal hiring in recent months, doubts about the long-term viability of the 2003 federal judicial clerkship hiring plan arise. See more at http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202473438279%26Clerkship_scramble%26slreturn=1%26hbxlogin=1&slreturn=1

Are judges using Facebook?

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202471398982&Are_judges_using_Facebook

Judge: Military Ban on Gays Unconstitutional

From NPR.org

Judge: Military's Ban On Gays Unconstitutional

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129763013&sc=emaf

HOT Legal Jobs in a Cold Economy: Where to Look in 2010

Published in Perspectives - A Magazine for and about Women Lawyers
Winter 2010
By Hannah Hayes
Hannah Hayes is a Chicago area freelance writer.

The current tough economy confuses many as a new class of law school graduates launch searches for their first career jobs. As news continues to hit both print and electronic media about attorney lay offs, major restructuring and even the demise of Big Law firms, deferred new attorneys who are in fact no-hires, and a still slow-to-recover hiring environment, Ms. Hayes' article provides really helpful advise and should help job searchers expand their way of thinking and their job prospects. New graduates MUST think outside the box. These suggestions can lay a solid foundation and help position you as the legal market is redefined and recovers.

Read more...
http://www.abanet.org/women/perspectives/enews/winter10/enews_winter10_careers.html

Bowen Employment Statistics for Class of 2009 Released

Graduates in the most recently surveyed class, 2009, report employment rate slightly under the national average of 88% for all law schools participating in the annual NALP Employment Research and Salary Survey (ERSS). Bowen's rate of 85% was encouraging, but as with national statistics, those exploring the legal market in Arkansas must look beyond the stated numbers and consider the facts behind the numbers. Bowen's survey in its entirety is available in Symplicity's Document Library at www.law.ualr.edu/careerservices.

More NALP Numbers Show a Frozen Job Market

Posted by Zach Lowe

In May the National Association for Law Placement released its annual employment statistics for the class of 2009, and they were predictably depressing. About 88 percent of graduates had some sort of job, and that represented the lowest figure on NALP's record since the mid-1990s.

Sidley Launches New Diversity Mentor Program for Non-Sidley Lawyers

Sidley Austin, the firm that briefly employed both Barack and Michelle Obama, has launched a new diversity mentorship program for rising 2Ls. What's different is the goal: “To help diverse lawyers succeed in the legal profession, even if they do not work at Sidley.”

Legal Divas Blog

RICHMOND, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Bowman and Brooke LLP, a national litigation firm and pioneer in law firm diversity initiatives, announced today the launch of its new diversity law blog, Legal Divas Blog, as a resource for female executives in law and other professions to keep them up to date on best practices, benchmarking, current issues and trends that disproportionately affect women in leadership, business and law.