Looking for attorney positions with the federal government?

Looking for attorney positions with the federal government? As we shared last Friday in the Public Interest News Bulletin, a federal jobs expert shared some job-seeking wisdom in the Washington Post:

In each budget justification submitted to Congress, you get to see what an agency says it needs, as well any additional hiring requests to carry out its work … For the Justice Department to strengthen national security and counter the threat of terrorism the 2011 budget requests $300.6 million. The request includes 440 additional positions, including 126 agents and 15 attorneys. To enforce immigration laws the department is requesting an $11 million program increase, including 125 positions – 31 of them attorneys. You can read an agency’s budget proposal on its Web site.

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