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Law Students: Networking with Law Firms to Find a Great Internship

Law Students: Networking with Law Firms to Find a Great Internship

Law Students: Networking with Law Firms to Find a Great Internship For most law students, networking with law firms is the best way to find a great internship. In large cities and small towns, the legal community is close knit and many times, it is who you know, not what you know. The more people you meet with, the better your chances of building your professional network, and finding a great intern position. Networking is best started with one’s own friends and acquaintances. You can gradually branch out to network with your friends’ friends, colleagues, and members of the legal...

Electronic Discovery – Why aren’t more law firms using it

Electronic Discovery – Why aren’t more law firms using it

Electronic Discovery– Why aren’t more law companies using it As the technology age creeps upon us and forces us review our personal lives in everything that we do, the same can be stated for how lawyers practice. Partners who have been tied to their pen and paper discussions are now being confronted with a phenomenon that has begun to pick up speed since the early 90’s- Electronic Discovery Requests. In the general practice of law, opposing counsels will ask for pertinent and essential information from each other under the aegis of full disclosure. However what takes place when this information...