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The Great Migration: From Law Firms to Public Service
Career Resources News
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and the Volunteer Legal Services Program are shifting work to deferred firm associates.
Recorder
Recorder
The number of resumes for district attorney and public defender positions in California have doubled from last year.
Recorder
Recorder
NYU School of Law hosts career fair for deferred associates.
ABA Journal
ABA Journal
Associates are seeking placement at public interest organizations across the country.
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Law graduates promised jobs by firms find an uncertain future and nonprofit organizations cope with an influx of associates seeking placement.
Time Magazine
Time Magazine
Lawyers facing layoffs seek placement in public interest law organizations.
CNN
CNN
Equal Justice Works and other public interest law organizations try to establish best practices for placing law firm associates at nonprofits.
National Law Journal
National Law Journal
Equal Justice Works Chief Executive Officer David Stern urges care in placing associates at public interest organizations.
American Lawyer
American Lawyer
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