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ABA Home > Economic Recovery Resources
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Professional Development
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| A Young Lawyer’s Financial Survival Guide | To survive financially through these tighter times, you need to implement strategies that get the most out of your current paycheck. Start now to get your financial house in order so you can not only survive this recession, but actually set a strong foundation for the future.
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| Be The CEO of You: A Recruitment Expert's Advice on Taking Control of Your Career | A recruitment expert’s advice on assessing your strengths, knowing your value and taking control of your career.
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| Bringing Home the Bacon While Minding the Farm | With a leadership role, women lawyers have a greater opportunity to grow their business and, in turn, help the next generation of women lawyers succeed. Here are three areas where firm leadership can help improve women lawyers’ business development.
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| Career Corner - What Advice Can You Give Those Who Just Want to Hold On to The Jobs They Have? | Ensure that you don't find yourself among the ranks of the unemployed.
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 Character and Fitness Mean Good Judgment, Self-Restraint, and Respect | Although you may have a “right” to say something, others, including employers, have the “right” to hold you accountable for it. There are some communication lines that the prudent law student does not cross in person or in cyberspace.
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| Closing the Deal | Too often women lawyers are hesitant to take the steps that will turn a business development opportunity into an actual client. Here’s how to start.
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| Competitive Advantages | The basic question underlying every hiring decision is, why you? Competitive advantages provide a powerful way to definitively answer that question—and stand out from the competition.
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| Developing Business in a Small Firm | Business development at small firms poses many challenges different from those faced by women lawyers at larger firms.
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| Face Your Demons: Help Yourself Get Back On Track | It is a privilege to be able practice law, and you have a professional obligation to make sure your clients are properly represented. Therefore, you must be able to recognize problems that may interfere with your ability to fulfill this obligation. The key is to identify and do something about those problems before they hurt you or your client.
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| Facing a Layoff? | What can you do now to prepare yourself in the event of a layoff?
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| ABA Journal | Breaking legal news and important legal issues available in many different forms, including: magazines, daily and weekly emails and mobile editions
| | ABA Web Store | Books and resources covering virtually every topic in the legal industry
| | Business Development and Economic Recovery Resources | Offers practical advice on business development and how to survive the current economic challenges.
| | CLE Now! | Complimentary CLE on a variety of topics
| | Deferred Associates Judicial Clerkship Program | Online public service job database and “virtual career center.”
| | FJE Project Fellows Program | Provides meaningful volunteer experience for recent law school graduates who may be unemployed, underemployed or deferred and who would like to engage in substantive law-related activities.
| | Pro Bono and Public Service | Search pro bono opportunities that will keep you connected with the local legal community, maintain and even expand your legal knowledge and skills.
| | SOLOSez | Web resource for all solo attorneys, including the SoloSez email discussion list
| | YLD Mentorship Project | Online collection of resources designed for mentors, mentees, and organizations.
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| Etiquette: Impeccable Manners Offer a Competitive Edge (Podcast) | Learn about the rules of etiquette as they apply to layoffs, networking, job searching, and interviewing in this free podcast.
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| How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times | This book provides you with a wealth of tips, resources, and tools to help you survive in bad times, as well as teach you management, finance, marketing and technology essentials necessary to succeed.
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| Recession-Proof Yourself: Take Control in a Down Economy | Listen in as expert faculty offer tips to help you build a solid foundation to reach your career development goals and achieve financial stability. This teleconference will take place on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 and is free to ABA members.
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| Recession-Related Ethics: Navigating Tough Times | When times get tough, the rules of professional conduct can seem like unnecessary hindrances, preventing hard-working lawyers from earning an honest living. This teleconference will discuss the myriad ethical issues that a slow economy can create for lawyers.
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| The Creative Lawyer | The Creative Lawyer is a self-help and career-management book for lawyers of all levels of experience. Written by Michael Melcher, the book is a step-by-step method for imagining and realizing your path to personal and professional satisfaction.
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