Join attorneys from Haynes & Boone at Four Square in Durham on Tuesday, March 20 from 6:30-8:30 PM. Business casual attire, and drinks and appetizers will be served!
If you're interested, send your resume and transcript to Laura Kingham at laura.kingham@haynesboone.com. Please RSVP by March 16.
"Life in a Law Firm: An Overview"
Parker Poe’s sixth annual minority law student program being held in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday, February 4, 2012 and in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 18, 2012, from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. This program, “Life in a Law Firm: An Overview,” will include panels of practicing attorneys discussing topics such as the distinction between a litigation practice and a transactional practice and highlights from a day in the life of a lawyer. During lunch students will be able to participate in informal discussions with attorneys and other students. After lunch, students will take a tour of Parker Poe’s Columbia or Raleigh office followed by several smaller break-out sessions on topics related to the transition from law school to law practice. In addition to the break-out sessions, students will have an opportunity to participate in an individual mock interview with an attorney.
Tto register for this program, students may send an e-mail to crystaljones@parkerpoe.com or call Crystal Jones at (704) 371-6165 with any questions.
Interesting in learning more about opportunities available ONLY to Duke Law Students? Check out the Stanback Program:
Download Stanback 2012 Presentation, plus partial listings from e-Recruiting
The following are CPDC events happening within the next two weeks. Visit the Career Center website for more information, and feel free to contact Emily Sharples (sharples@law.duke.edu) if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Working In-House: A Conversation with Arturo Banegas Masia and Julien Vasques
12:15 PM, Law School 4047
Please join Arturo H. Banegas Masiá LLM '00, a Senior Legal Consultant at Verizon Wireless and Julian R. Vasquez LLM '05, Director - International Tax Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, for an informal conversation about working as in-house attorneys at major corporations and the career path that led them to these positions. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Oleg Kobelev at kobelev@law.duke.edu.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Women in Law Conference
All Day, Law School 3043
The Women Law Students Association is hosting its second Women in the Law conference. Panelists will discuss policy issues facing women, careers in foreign relations and in the Armed Services, and how to transition from student to successful associate. For more information, please contact Kate Dickinson at kjd16@duke.edu.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Private Equity 101 with Debevoise & Plimpton
12:15 PM, Law School 3037
Private Equity Deals: Stories from the Front Lines with Debevoise & Plimpton Please join partners and associates from Debevoise & Plimpton as they walk you through a typical private equity deal and discuss the financing steps. For more information, please contact Jennifer Lan at jennifer.lan@duke.edu.
As of Monday, December 12:
Employer: Mckenna Long & Aldridge
Date: Thursday, December 22
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: 209 Peachtree Street, NE, 53rd Floor; Atlanta, GA
RSVP: Sayako Matsuzaki, smatsuzaki@mckennalong.com, by Monday, December 19
Employer: Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O’Neal
Date: Thursday, December 22
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Location: 2721 Cahaba Road; Birmingham, AL 35223
RSVP: Leila Deep, ldeep@cabaniss.com
Employer: Sirote & Permutt
Date: Wednesday, December 28
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM
Location: 2311 Highland Avenue South; Birmingham, AL 35205
RSVP: Shirley Gillis, sgillis@sirote.com
Employer: Thompson Coburn
Date: Wednesday, December 28
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
LocationL Thompson Coburn, 35th Floor, 1 US Bank Plaza; St. Louis, MO 63101
RSVP: Samantha Frankie, sfrankie@thompsoncoburn.com by December 22nd
Employer: Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Location: 800 LaSalle Ave, 7th Floor; Minneapolis, MN 55402
RSVP: Lacey Moen, ljmoen@rkmc.com, by December 29
Event Name: National 1L Diversity Reception (numerous employers)
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: Dorsey & Whitney, 501 Fifth Ave, Suite 1600; Seattle, WA
Contact Deverie Robinson, deverie.robinson@klgates.com, with questions
Employer: Balch & Bingham (Birmingham, AL office)
Date: Thursday, December 29
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: Swann Lake Stables, 4291 Sicard Hollow Rd.; Birmingham, AL
RSVP: Barrie Wilson, bwilson@balch.com
Employer: Balch & Bingham (Jackson, MS office)
Date: Wednesday, December 28
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: One Jackson Place, 188 E Capitol St., Suite 1400; Jackson, MS
RSVP: Lynlee Stacy, lstacy@balch.com
Employer: Barnes & Thornburg
Date: Wednesday, December 21
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: 11 South Meridian Street, 5th Floor; Indianapolis, IN
RSVP: Debbie Snyder, dsnyder@btlaw.com
Employer: Bradly Arant Boult Cummings (Nashville office)
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: Roundabout Plaza, 1600 Division St., Suite 700; Nashville, TN
RSVP: Kelly Fiala, kfiala@babc.com
Employer: Bradly Arant Boult Cummings (Birmingham office)
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: One Federal Plaza, 1819 5th Avenue N.; Birmingham, AL
RSVP: Mary Screws, mscrews@babc.com
Employer: Burr & Forman
Date: Wednesday, December 28
Time: 4:30-6:00 PM
Location: Wells Fargo Building, 420 N 20th St., 34th Floor; Birmingham, AL
RSVP: Katherine Marsh, kmarsh@burr.com
Employer: Choate, Hall & Stewart
Event Name: “A Day on the Job”
Date: Thursday, December 29
Time: Event begins at 2:30 PM
Location: Two International Plaza; Boston, MA
RSVP: Nicole Oriani, noriani@choate.com; please RSVP by Friday, December 23
Employer: Godfrey & Kahn
Date: Tuesday, December 27
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: 780 N Water St., 17th Floor; Milwaukee, WI
RSVP: Jenna Lauer, jlauer@gklaw.com
Employer: Lightfoot, Franklin & White
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Location: The Clark Building, 400 20th Street N.; Birmingham, AL
RSVP: Catie Yielding, cyiedling@lightfootlaw.com, please by December 16
Employer: Maynard, Cooper & Gale
Date: Wednesday, December 21
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: 1901 6th Ave North, Suite 2400; Birmingham, AL
RSVP: Kate Clinton, kclinton@maynardcooper.com (by December 14)
Employer: Michael Best & Friedrich
Date: Tuesday, December 27
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: 100 E Wisconsin Ave., 33rd Floor; Milwaukee, WI
RSVP: Brooke Buntrock, blbuntrock@michaelbest.com
Employer: Quarles & Brady
Date: Tuesday, December 27
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Location: 411 E Wisconsin Ave., 24th Floor; Milwaukee, WI
RSVP: Linda Lamp, linda.lamp@quarles.com
Employer: Paul Hastings (Atlanta office)
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: 600 Peachtree St., NE, 24th Floor; Atlanta, GA
RSVP: Pearl Sampson, pearlsampson@paulhastings.com
Employer: Paul Hastings (New York office)
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 75 East 55th St.; New York, NY
RSVP: Jessica Luce, jessicaluce@paulhastings.com
Employer: Paul Hastings (Palo Alto office)
Date: Wednesday, December 28
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: 1117 S. California Avenue; Palo Alto, CA
RSVP: Mariaelena Gutierrez, mariaelenagutierrez@paulhastings.com
Employer: Paul Hastings (Chicago office)
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: 191 N. Wacker Drive, 30th Floor; Chicago, IL
RSVP: Katherine Ford, katherineford@paulhastings.com
Employer: Paul Hastings (Orange County office)
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: 695 Town Center Drive, 17th Floor; Costa Mesa, CA
RSVP: Katey Dies, kateydies@paulhastings.com
Employer: Paul Hastings (San Diego office)
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: 4747 Executive Drive; San Diego, CA
RSVP: Katey Dies, kateydies@paulhastings.com
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Denver, CO office)
Date: Wednesday, December 28
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Tabor Center, 1200 Seventeenth St., Suite 1900; Denver, CO
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Orange County, CA office)
Date: Monday, December 19
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Blvd., Suite 1400; Costa Mesa, CA
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Tucson, AZ office)
Date: Wednesday, December 21
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Unisource Energy Tower, One South Circle Ave., Suite 1500; Tucson, AZ
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Las Vegas, NV office)
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Hughes Center, 3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 1100; Las Vegas, NV
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Phoenix, AZ office)
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: One Arizona Center, 400 East Van Buren St., Suite 1900; Phoenix, AZ
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Los Angeles, CA office)
Date: Wednesday, December 21
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Two California Plaza, 350 South Grand Ave., Suite 2600; Los Angeles, CA
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Snell & Wilmer (Salt Lake City, UT office)
Date: Thursday, December 29
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Gateway Tower West, 15 West South Temple, Suite 1200; Salt Lake City, UT
RSVP: Kara Blakey, kblakey@swlaw.com, by December 15
Employer: Stinson Morrison Hecker
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM
Location: 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900; Kansas City, MO
RSVP: Anna Kowalewski, recruiting@stinson.com
Employer: Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Date: Tuesday, December 20
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Location: 660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600; Newport Beach, CA
RSVP: Lee Ann Dennis, ldennis@sycr.com
Haynes and Boone,
LLP would like to invite the 1L students of Duke Law School to a reception on
Tuesday, February 2, from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm at Four Square Restaurant. Your
response is requested by Thursday, January 28. Please see the
invitation below for more details.
The Black Lawyers Association of
| Tomorrow,
December 11th, Leopard Solutions will begin a special blog series designed just for
you. They have invited Frank Kimball of Kimball Professional Management to
produce a series for law students with a focus on how to succeed. This will be a
multi-part article series that will give you practical advice about how to
thrive in a law firm environment. "Summer Associate 101: "How Summer Associates
Can Succeed in a challenging economy, Overcome Adversity and Find Excellence
Everywhere," offers real, practical advice that law students can use to their
advantage in their first law firm experience and beyond. You will learn: What to expect at your first law firm job. What law firms expect from law students. What qualifications and qualities law firms are looking for in law school graduates. Which practice areas are "hot" and which are not. How to master the law firm interview. How to avoid common pitfalls and traps that snag most law students. And more... Frank Kimball has over 32 years of experience interviewing, hiring and evaluating lawyers and law students. He has served as a hiring partner at McDermott, Will & Emery and an associate with Shearman & Sterling. His views on hiring have been published in several national and local publications such as the National Law Journal, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, ABA Journal, Chicago Lawyer and The American Lawyer. Frank has presented more than eighty programs at prestigious law schools including Harvard, Michigan, Northwestern, Duke, Virginia, Georgetown, Illinois, Chicago, Columbia, New York University, DePaul, Washington & Lee, Loyola Chicago and Indiana. |
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:00 – 8:00 pm
If you will be in the Western New York area over the winter break, please consider joining us for casual conversation, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at:
Hodgson Russ LLPBuffalo, NY 14202
RSVP to Julie Rabbitt
by Tuesday, December 29th
jrabbitt@hodgsonruss.com
www.hodgsonruss.com
