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Forget about the days of start-ups spending $2 million on Superbowl ads featuring sock puppets. Luckily, the large firms have cut as deep as they can afford to go without creating a serious risk of being understaffed when the economy heats up again. FRED POLLOCK takes a look at the current job market facing prospective hires.
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As sure a sign of fall in New England as the brilliant foliage is Harvard Law students spotted in suits, hurying towards the local hotels. Hundreds of students and hundreds of employers meet for a common purpose - to make a match. OCS Director MARK WEBER offers up helpful tips for students navigating the career search at HLS.
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JONAS BLANK feels that working in New York City is a statement of who you are and what you stand for. Our nation's financial and cultural capital is a city of bold statements, big ideas, big egos - and some big headaches. New York is not for everybody, but those who take the challenge will find that they learn a great deal.
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While some students spent their summers in far-off lands like Alaska, Russia, and even Namibia, a large number of 2Ls and 3Ls stayed right here in Boston, working at a variety of public interest organizations and private law firms. JEREMY BLACHMAN interviewed some students who found Boston to be, "a nice escape from Cambridge."
Opinion
In law, as in life, death and taxes are a pretty sure bet. Pitty that a handful of once-major, now-defunct law firms didn't heed that lesson last year. ADAM WHITE offers a news recap and analysis of the demise of several big law firms.
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"Why Alabama?" was the oft repeated question that HUGO TORRES was asked, especially being a Mexican kid from California who knew nothing about the South. A summer in Montgomery, Alabama working for the Federal Defenders Office confirmed his passion for federal law and human rights work.
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Every summer, the United States Department of Justice - the "largest law firm in the Nation" - offers summer programs in a variety of practice areas, in both paid and volunteer capacities. EMILY KIMBALL relates the experiences of several students who spent their summers working for the man.
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Remember when Hillary Clinton claimed that there was a vast right-wing conspiracy? Turns out that in spite of that crazed look she often has in her eyes, she was actually on to something. TAMMY PETTINATO provides a look at Conservatives and New York. Neither one impressed her.
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The American Bar Association has named Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree to head its Brown v. Board of Education Commission. The ABA hopes to inform young people about Brown and its importance in law and society.
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News Editor HUGO TORRES takes a look at two Harvard Law School professors who have recently been making headlines thanks to their books. One has been out for two years but has recently received an award; the other just came out and has already provoked discussion.
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Upon returning to HLS for the new academic year, students were met with several changes around the campus. Renovations to the Hark, Pound Hall, Hemenway Gymnasium and the addition of an outdoor seating area have given the campus a new look and feel.