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	Every week, we talk to someone involved in the attorney career counseling industry to find out their thoughts on the best way to approach a job search. Find out what past participants have had to say by scanning the articles below.

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			Mary Birmingham, University of Arizona Law School By John J. Barnes Mary Birmingham has been a law school career services professional for going on 19 years, but it has been at the University of Arizona Law School, her second career services post, that she and her colleague, Paula Nailon, established one of the American legal profession's signature career services programs, one likely to be copied by other law schools. + read more Date: 10-25-2004

	Helen Long, Director, Career Development Office, Boston University School of Law By Karen A. Lefkowitz Like the scales of justice that endeavor to remain balanced, Helen Long, Director of the Career Development Office at the Boston University School of Law, strives to find equilibrium as well. One side of the scale represents her professional life, in the burgeoning legal community of Boston University. The other side is her home life, with its own legal team of a judge husband and jury panel of three teenagers. Helen has remarked, ''Clearly, working in the legal profession does not have to have a negative effect on your social life.'' + read more Date: 10-18-2004

			Carla DeVelder, Career Services Director, University of Nebraska Law School By John J. Barnes Imagine what it must be like to be eight years out of law school and suddenly find yourself a peer of the very professors who once taught you. That was the position Carla DeVelder found herself in during the spring of 2003. + read more Date: 10-11-2004

			Janet Mosseri, Director of Career Development, Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University By Barry Perlman For Janet Mosseri, Director of Career Development at the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University, helping legal professionals find jobs is a lot more rewarding than adjudicating a lot of ''garbage cases.'' Don't get her wrong - Mosseri, a former administrative law judge for the City of New York, isn't passing judgment on those cases she heard. + read more Date: 10-04-2004

	Mary Harblin, Director of Career Services, Syracuse University College of Law By Barry Perlman ''My background lends itself well to counseling students in finding employment, since I know the thought processes involved in ferreting out where they see themselves fitting and what type of employment will fit them personally.'' So says Mary Harblin of Syracuse University College of Law, our featured Career Counselor of the Week. + read more Date: 09-27-2004

	A Rough Legal Intersection Made Smooth: New York University School of Law's Journal of Legislation and Public Policy By Joe Cockman Usually we feature an interview with a law school's career counselor in this slot. This week, however, as a special feature, we're going to report on NYU School of Law Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, a relatively new but innovative and informative journal that we feel you should hear about. + read more Date: 09-20-2004

			Amy Ono, Director of Career Services, University of Hawaii, the William S. Richardson School of Law By Zamzam Syed Amy Ono brings a fresh perspective to career counseling. With innovative techniques to explore individual interests and encourage a sense of community, her guidance has provided the students with both a career counselor and a confidante. + read more Date: 09-13-2004

			Bernice Davenport, Director of Career Services, Thomas M. Cooley Law School By Barry Perlman As far as Bernice Davenport is concerned, students can't visit her office too much. As Director of Career Services at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Davenport wants to see her students come back again and again so she can help them with their job searches. ''I want them in my face. If they're in our faces, they become the ones at the top of our heads, who we think of first when we're talking to employers. And then we can say, 'I've got the perfect person for you.' + read more Date: 08-30-2004

			Patty Powell, Assistant Dean of Career Services, University of Colorado School of Law By Barry Perlman With a sophisticated student body looking to her for advice, Patty Powell knows she has to go the extra mile to help her students get access to all of the opportunities their education and experiences afford them. She talked with LawCrossing about how she does just that. + read more Date: 08-23-2004

	Katherine L. Chapman, Esq., Assistant Dean of Career Services, Texas Wesleyan School of Law By John J. Barnes Dealing with the career dreams of a student body from a young law school is no easy task, but Katharine Chapman is up to it. She talks with us about how she helps her students find jobs and how she's taking her message - namely, that Texas Wesleyan is an excellent law school - to the streets. + read more Date: 08-16-2004

			Susan Guindi, Assistant Dean for Career Services, University of Michigan Law School By Mike Murphy As a graduate of Michigan Law School herself, Susan Guindi knows what it is like for recent graduates looking for the right job. This week, we talk with her about her efforts to guide the students at one of the top law schools in the country. + read more Date: 08-09-2004

	Patricia White, Assistant Dean of Career Services, Emory University School of Law By John J. Barnes Working for a top school is never easy since the expectations of the students are always very high. Patricia White expects a lot out of herself, too, though, as she seeks to spread Emory's excellent reputation further. + read more Date: 08-02-2004

			Matt DeGrushe, Director of Career Development, Pepperdine University School of Law By John J. Barnes Many law students see their career services office as only available to the top students. Matt DeGrushe has worked hard to change that perception at Pepperdine through innovative programs that connect students with all types of employers. + read more Date: 07-26-2004

			Gary J. Greener, Assistant Dean for Career Services, Southwestern University School of Law By John J. Barnes Gary Greener talks with LawCrossing about his school's efforts to get the students involved with his office and the legal community to realize the quality of the education his students receive in a crowded area for law schools. + read more Date: 07-19-2004

			Vicki Huebner, Assistant Dean for Career Services and Externships, Chapman University School of Law By John J. Barnes Vicki Huebner discusses the mentorship program at her law school and the need for law students to get out into the legal community before graduation. + read more Date: 07-12-2004

			John Feldman, Career & Student Services Director, The University of New Mexico Law School By John J. Barnes John Feldman talks with LawCrossing about his role in helping law students find jobs in a small market, in advocacy and in non-traditional legal fields. + read more Date: 07-05-2004

			Alyssa Hammond, Esq., Director of Career Services, New England School of Law By John J. Barnes Among other things, Alyssa Hammond offers tips on how evening law students should focus their job searches in order to get on an equal footing with full-time law students in the job market. + read more Date: 06-28-2004

			Donna Skibbe, Vice President of Development and Career Services, Concord Law School By John J. Barnes Offering a unique perspective on the challenges of a career services office, Donna Skibbe talks about what it's like helping students with legal degrees from an online university advance their careers. + read more Date: 06-21-2004

			Amy Mallow, UCLA Law School's Assistant Dean for Career Services By John J. Barnes Having worked in career services offices at two of the nation's top law schools, UCLA's Amy Mallow talks with us about what it is like to help prospective and current attorneys find work. + read more Date: 06-14-2004

			Kevin Campana, Interim Dean of Students, William Mitchell College of Law By John J. Barnes This week, we spoke with the Interim Dean of Students at William Mitchell College of Law to find out about how that school goes about trying to ensure its students and alumni are not just successful, but also happy, in their careers. + read more Date: 06-07-2004

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