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Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies

Major League baseball players are honoring the life of former MLBPA Executive Director Michael Weiner by creating a scholarship program to encourage the pursuit of a graduate-level degree in labor studies. Beginning January 2015, the Players Trust will annually award up to five $10,000 scholarships to individuals dedicated to a career supporting workers’ rights. You […]

The Secrets of Superstar Associates: Landing and Excelling in Your First Job After Law School

On Thursday, October 16 at 12:30 p.m. in Room F-108, the American Bar Association Section of Litigation is sponsoring a panel of lawyers who will share with you strategies on how to improve your chances of landing and excelling at your first legal job after law school. Learn how the ABA can help you in […]

The 17th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition

In its seventeenth year, the GRAMMY Foundation® Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) promotes discussion and debate on the most compelling legal issues facing the music industry today. The initiative also promotes future careers in entertainment law by seeking out the nation’s top law students and giving them invaluable networking and educational opportunities.   The writing contest […]

Law Student Union Summer- Sponsored by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Law Student Union Summer (LSUS) is a unique and exciting 10-week internship for law students that combines front-line labor-related public interest legal work with grassroots organizing in real, ongoing campaigns by AFL-CIO affiliated unions throughout the country. In addition to legal research and writing, LSUS interns are involved in community outreach, member mobilization, corporate and […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of September 29, 2014)

Thursday, October 2, 2014: Judicial Clerkship Nuts & Bolts Application Workshop – 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, Room A-110

LAWYER COMPETENCY IN THE AGE OF E-DISCOVERY WEBCAST

LAWYER COMPETENCY IN THE AGE OF E-DISCOVERY. Wednesday, October 8, 2014 | 1-2 p.m. ET | REGISTER NOW The nature of a lawyer’s duty of competence has been the subject of debate ever since the ABA revised its definition of competency two years ago to require lawyers to understand “the benefits and risks associated with […]

The Richmond Law Journal of Law and Technology 2014-2015 Student Law and Technology Writing Competition

In law school? Interested in technology? Write about a topic at the intersection of law and technology and have a chance to be published and win prizes! The University of Richmond Journal of Law and Technology is pleased to announce the 2014-2015 biennial Student Law and Technology Writing Competition. This writing competition allows current students […]

The U.S. Department of Justice Has Added a New Mobile App Called DOJ Law Jobs

The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a new mobile app, called DOJ Law Jobs, which will provide attorneys and law students with a quick and easy way to find an attorney position or law student internship with the Department. DOJ Law Jobs is available for free now on iTunes for Apple iPhone, and additional versions […]

This Week at the CDO (Week of September 22, 2014)

Tuesday, September 23, 2014: International LL.M. Career Development Luncheon, Training/Workshop – 12:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m., Room F-109 Friday, September 25, 2014: Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program Information Session (Lecture/Panel Discussion) – 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Room A-110

First Annual Jameson Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition

Purpose: The Crane Writing Competition is designed to encourage outstanding student scholarship at the intersection of law and medicine or law and the social sciences that promotes an understanding, furthers the development of legal rights and protections, and improves the lives of those with disabilities. Eligibility: The Crane Writing Competition is open to currently enrolled […]