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31 Monday Oct 2011
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Administrative Office of the Courts, magistrate judges, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, redistricting, state courts
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just announced that the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts has begun “updating” the boundaries for the state’s magistrate judicial districts. The idea is to cut costs by reducing the number of judgeships. No word on how the already-swamped state courts will handle this.
Read the press release here.
31 Monday Oct 2011
Posted Cheap, CLE for $50 or less, Events, Solo Practice
inNonstop learning opportunities this Thursday!
31 Monday Oct 2011
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in27 Thursday Oct 2011
Posted Jobs and the Economy
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Craigslist, Document Review, Hudson, living abroad, Lumen, sangria
If you are going to do document review, wouldn’t it be better to do it with sangria and tapas in hand while living in Spain? Yes, yes, it would. And if you are fluent in Spanish, you can live the dream. PartnerJD is advertising on Craigslist for a position abroad, likely based in Madrid but with a potential to work in Belgium and England as well. [Craigslist]
Locally, Hudson is advertising a 3-month doc review project that will start in late November. It’s going to be on-site at Hudson, which I understand means free parking and a flexibility in hours that makes it popular for solo practitioners looking to supplement their income. Hudson is recruiting paralegals, JDs, and attorneys for the project, with a pay range from $18 to $25 per hour. [Craigslist]
Elsewhere in the contract attorney world, the Posse List sends word of what could be a good assignment for someone with finance experience:
Remote Project Opportunities
Lumen Legal is working with a Fortune 500 Financial Services company who has on-going project needs for experienced attorneys who have 10+ years of recent in-house, regulatory/compliance experience of preparing coverage opinions in the financial services industry.
Opportunities vary in length and consist of a series of as-needed projects that mostly require 40 hours/week. Candidates must have specific Financial Services industry experience in order to be considered.
Interested candidates should send an updated Resume (in a MS Word Format) to jobs@lumenlegal.com and reference Job #4680PL in the subject line.
27 Thursday Oct 2011
Posted Jobs and the Economy, News
inWe’re @ThirdChair on Twitter if you are into that sort of thing.
26 Wednesday Oct 2011
Posted News
inAnd now, because nobody wants to work at 3pm, Above the Law just published the excellent rap stylings of Juan, a Florida Law student whose excellent raps help him memorize his corporations outline. For example, to the tune of Gangster’s paradise.
As I walk through the (SILICON) valley of death
I take a look at my (ENRON STOCK AND) realize there’s no more left
Cause I’ve been (COOKING THE BOOKS) for so long that
Even (THE GAAP) thinks that my mind is gone
It’s magic. Read the whole Above the Law post for context — and sound!
26 Wednesday Oct 2011
Posted Solo Practice
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Via VentureBeat
If you’re a lawyer, odds are your friends sometimes ask your opinion on their brilliant business ideas. And maybe some of them really are brilliant, and you want to help them start out. If so, check out this excellent checklist from Scott Edward Walker, who has been a corporate lawyer for 17 years.
Note that the list is tailored to venture-funded technology startups, so certain advice — like forming a corporation rather than an LLC because VCs only like to invest in corporations — might not apply in every situation. Also, neither ThirdChair nor the blogs we link to is your attorney or is a substitute for getting legal advice. Still this is a great checklist and a great place to start.
Check out the full article at VentureBeat here.
26 Wednesday Oct 2011
Posted Jobs and the Economy, News, Politics
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President Obama has apparently given up on Congressional approval for anything and is executive ordering various mortgage relief and other initiatives to help beleaguered citizens. Today, he will announce a couple of things that might help law school and other graduates saddled with unbearable student loans.
Read more about this in the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times.
So far, there is no relief in sight for law students with pricier private loans.