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Chronicle on Internal Search v. Succession Planning in Higher Ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education has two interesting posts in its On Hiring blog (here and here) on internal v. external searches in higher ed. The posts do a good…
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Faculty Hiring: Suffolk
From an email that I received earlier today: SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL in Boston invites applications for several tenure-track positions starting in the 2013-2014 academic year. We seek entry-level and…
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Law School Faculty Hiring Committee Members And Chairs 2012 – 2013
It's time to compile the names of law school faculty hiring committee members! The AALS meat market conference is happening weeks earlier than usual this year. If you're going on…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Recruiter Misuse of Social Media Can Increase Risk of Liability
Recruiters are increasingly turning to social media to screen and recruit candidates. Jobvite’s 2012 Social Recruiting Survey found that 92% of respondents plan to use social media for recruiting. Often, recruiters…
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The New Yale Ph.D In Law: The Perfect Choice For…Whom?
Yale University has just announced that it is opening a new doctoral program in law. Unsurprisingly, it will be offered through the law school - in addition to the existing…
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Can Hiring Committees Learn Anything from Sports?
With the NBA lottery draft order being decided tonight, I think this is a good time to throw out an idea I’ve been mulling over for quite some time. Tell…
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Faculty Hiring, and the Facebook Question
You are on your law school's faculty appointments committee. You and your committee colleagues pull several FAR Forms that merit consideration and discussion, perhaps leading to an invitation to interview…
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Thinking About Lateraling?
I've had several conversations with folks at conferences lately about when and how to plan a lateral move, and this is assuming, of course, that there is much lateral hiring…
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Employment Outcomes V: Some Speculation On Who Gets School-Funded Bridge Positions, And Whether They’re A Good Idea
We’ve been examining the phenomenon of law school-funded “bridge” positions—short-term jobs for recent graduates funded by the school, which apparently have become strikingly more common since the legal job market…
Alabama Employment Law Report
Lessons to be Learned from Coach Petrino
Many of you have either heard of or followed Coach Bobby Petrino and his escapades over the last several weeks. He was terminated from his employment as head coach at…