{"id":773,"date":"2010-01-05T13:35:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=773"},"modified":"2010-08-13T13:55:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:55:23","slug":"welcome-to-the-pslawnet-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the PSLawNet Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the PSLawNet Blog located at <a title=\"http:\/\/pslawnet.wordpress.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/pslawnet.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">http:\/\/pslawnet.wordpress.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and launched on January 4, 2010. The goal is to serve as an information clearinghouse for law students and lawyers on public service career paths. To that end, the content will include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">legal news affecting the public interest job market (including government); <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">updates on resources for public interest job-seekers of all experience levels; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">information on developing news stories and policy debates affecting the public interest community more generally; and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">guest columns from public interest practitioners and career services professionals, offering a range of career advice and insights on substantive legal issues. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PSLawNet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is the go-to career website for today\u2019s and tomorrow\u2019s lawyers who are committed to public service. Our job database \u2013 which includes thousands of individual opportunity postings and employer profiles \u2013 has long been at the core of PSLawNet\u2019s offerings. In addition, they maintain a voluminous library of substantive, career-building resources, such as an annually-updated <\/span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/uploads\/2009-10_NALP_Federal_Opportunities_Guide.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/uploads\/2009-10_NALP_Federal_Opportunities_Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">federal employment guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/informationandresources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/informationandresources\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">background materials for postgraduate fellowship seekers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, and <\/span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/summerfundingresources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/summerfundingresources\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">summer funding resource page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> for law students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is also important for the continuing professional development of law students and experienced attorneys that they stay current on news and policy developments that affect the arenas they practice in. For several months, PSLawNet has produced the weekly <em>PSLawNet Public Interest News Bulletin<\/em>, which is now <\/span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/publicinterestnewsbulletinarchive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pslawnet.org\/publicinterestnewsbulletinarchive\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">archived on PSLawNet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The PSLawNet blog is the next, logical step in an effort to inform and educate public interest advocates of all experience levels by providing an ongoing environmental scan of the legal public service arena and offering daily updates on news and policy developments. The common thread in the blog activities will be the sharing of as much information affecting the public interest legal community as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the PSLawNet Blog located at http:\/\/pslawnet.wordpress.com\/ and launched on January 4, 2010. The goal is to serve as an information clearinghouse for law students and lawyers on public service career paths. 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