[Hamp-law] Application Killers, Law School Data, Hot Practice Areas

Tue Sep 28 20:15:23 EDT 2010

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Subject: 	Application Killers, Law School Data, Hot Practice Areas
Date: 	Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:21:10 -0700
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Negative letter of recommendation is application killer, Kaplan survey 
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Nearly 90 percent of law school admissions officers report they have 
received a negative letter of recommendation about an applicant, 
according to a survey of admissions officers by Kaplan Test Prep and 
Admissions.
GPA determines career success, study finds 
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Law students have long known that grades are important in the job 
search. But a new study underscores just how important they are for 
long-term success as well. In fact, law school grades are far more 
important than the prestige of the school one attends, the study’s 
author’s state.

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    *Critical Issues In Legal Education*

Tuition skyrocketing: When is enough, enough? 
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States are struggling to balance their budgets, forcing many public law 
schools to raise tuition — some by as much as 26 percent. Some schools, 
however, are trying to lighten the burden by not imposing the increases 
on second-year and third-year students.
Prospective students deserve straightforward law school data 
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It’s grim reading. The observations are raw, bitter and filled with 
despair. It is easier to avert our eyes and carry on with our pursuits. 
But please, take a few moments and force yourself to look at Third Tier 
Reality, Exposing the Law School Scam, Jobless Juris Doctor. Read the 
posts, and the comments. These sites are proliferating with thousands of 
hits.
*The Dean Scene**
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Janutis named new associate dean for Capital University 
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Rachel M. Janutis has been named interim associate dean for Capital 
University Law School. She fills the position formerly held by Shirley 
Mays, who accepted the deanship position at Phoenix School of Law in 
Arizona.
*People On The Move**
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W&L names new library director
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Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Mark Grunewald announced the 
appointment of Caroline L. Osborne as Director of the Law Library and 
Professor of Legal Research. Osborne has served as interim director of 
the library for the last year.
Southwestern’s Gowri Ramachandran, Steven Krone
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    *Employment Insider
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Working conditions, wrongful terminations continue to hold steady for 
employment lawyers
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While it remains uncertain whether the Obama Administration will regain 
sufficient support to push through pro-union legislation during the 
presidential term, both employers and employees are expected to need 
continuing – if not increasing – guidance from lawyers on issues 
impacting the workplace, such as compensation structures and other benefits.

Report predicts more outsourced work, partners axed
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Offshore legal outsourcing is becoming a vital part of cost-saving 
initiatives, according to a new survey by Citi Private Bank.

Bankruptcy, litigation top hiring practice areas for fourth quarter
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Twenty-nine percent of lawyers interviewed for The Robert Half Legal 
Hiring Index plan to add legal jobs, while 6 percent anticipate 
declines, resulting in a net 23 percent increase in projected hiring 
activity in the latter half of 2010.

Four firms named 'the best' by Working Mother magazine
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Working Mother magazine named four law firms to their national 100 Best 
Companies list. Arnold & Porter, Covington & Burling, Katten Muchin 
Rosenman and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman were the only four law 
firms in the list offering “better benefits than ever before, eclipsing 
their counterparts nationwide.”

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