A Great Job Opportunity For Graduating Law Students
This is a wonderful way into federal government employment.
Another Job Opportunity For Graduating Law Students
If you're a 3L looking for a job after graduation, here's one opportunity to consider.
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Non-Sequiturs: 10.12.12
* Even silly prime-time television shows can raise serious, interesting legal questions. [PrawfsBlawg] * Joe Biden is hilarious, Paul Ryan is Eddie Haskel, yadda yadda, but let’s not forget that judicial appointments are kind of a big deal here in this election, too. [Volokh Conspiracy] * For anyone interested in the prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program, check out the new Path to PMF initiative, which will prepare you for the application process. [Path to PMF] * This judge is upping the ante for prospective jurors who can’t stay off the Google machine. [Tampa Bay Times] * Go see the America’s Funniest Attorney competition next week AND help fight juvenile diabetes. [Gotham Comedy Club] * Meet David Lat in the flesh — or at least hear him speak — at UC Hastings on Monday evening. [California Lawyer] After the jump, check out Lee Pacchia of Bloomberg Law interview the author of Adam Smith, Esq., on the implications of “suicide pricing”….
Congratuations to the 2012 Presidential Management Fellows Finalists
Here at Above the Law, we try to notify our readers about job opportunities for law students and lawyers. Some of these positions are less desirable and some are more desirable, but hey: in this economy, a job is a job. (At least as long as it pays. Some jobs don’t, of course.) Back in […]
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Reminder: Presidential Management Fellows Applications Are Due Soon
The job market remains challenging for graduating law students. Here at Above the Law, we try to do what we can to bring opportunities to the attention of 3Ls. In recent weeks, we’ve discussed judicial clerkships and the DOJ Honors Program. Granted, clerkships and the Honors Program are opportunities that are (1) fairly obvious and […]
News You Can Use: Federal Government Job Opportunities
And Open Thread: DOJ Honors Interview Decisions
Or maybe news you could have used. Apologies for not reminding you, as we’ve done in past years, about the application deadline for the Department of Justice’s Honors Program. The application deadline for the 2010-2011 program fell on September 7, 2010. [FN1] (If you’re not already familiar with how the Honors Program works, read our […]
Applying for a Federal Government Job?
Good Luck With That
Last fall, we wrote about the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program, which one reader of ours described as “a hidden, relatively-unexploited gem for graduating law students.” You can read the full post here. Some commenters, who already knew about the PMF program and the job opportunities it offers, were not happy with the exposure. A […]
Another Federal Government Opportunity: The Presidential Management Fellows Program
As we mentioned yesterday, some jobs with the federal government — an excellent refuge from the economic storm — are disappearing even before the application period closes. So we’ll tell you about this next opportunity even before the application period opens (which is tomorrow). A tipster tells us: I’m a longtime reader of ATL and […]
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As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.