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Hiring
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Employment Law Perspectives
How Old Are You, Job Seeker? Connecticut Legislators to Introduce Bill Banning the Question
Next month, Connecticut legislators from across the political spectrum are set to formally introduce a bill prohibiting employers from inquiring into a job applicant’s age, birthday, or graduation date, unless…
Solo Practice University Blog
No Sweat: How to Pay for That New Law Firm Hire
By Wendy Witt
Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have anything you want. Brian Tracy Fear steps in…
Dialogue
Remaking News of the Week: Majority of US GCs expect a recession
In Remaking News of the Week: Majority of US GCs expect a recession this week we report the just-published findings of the 2019 Altman Weil report titled, Law Departments Show…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Laws Aim at Closing the Gender Gap by Prohibiting Questions About Salary History
By Tracy Thomas
NYT, Don't Ask Me About My Salary HistoryMassachusetts became the first state to ban employers from posing this question to job candidates back in 2016. Since then, 17 other states…
Lawyerist
Podcast #248: Hiring on Values & Unscheduled Phone Calls, with Ben Hudson
By Lawyerist
Ben Hudson made a hire for his small firm that really didn’t work out. So he went back to the drawing board on his hiring process. He took the time…
Law School Academic Support Blog
The Charisma of Numbers
Today's Washington Post has a fascinating and disturbing article about the company HireVue and its signature product, an artificial intelligence hiring system through which employers can set up automated "interviews"…
The Faculty Lounge
Hiring Announcement: University of Miami School of Law (Dean of Admissions)
From an email message that I recently received: The University of Miami School of Law welcomes applications for the position of Associate/Assistant Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management. Reporting directly…
Kirk Stange on Law
Do not ask leading questions in job interviews
Hiring law firm employees is a vital task. The employees you hire (or candidates you pass on) can go a long way toward the success of your law firm. One…
Legal Skills Prof Blog
U. Cincinnati College of Law and Fortune 500 bank collaborate to create first of its kind in-house counsel fellowship
Perhaps this collaboration will serve as a model for other law schools and legal employers who ordinarily don't hire directly out of law school. From UC News:Fifth-Third, Cincinnati Law announce…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New IL Law Bars Employers from Asking Job Applicants about Pay History
By Tracy Thomas
New Law Will Bar Illinois Employers From Asking Job Applicants for Pay History (July 31, 2019)Illinois companies will no longer be allowed to ask job applicants or their previous employers…