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ABA Career Resource Podcast
The ABA Career Resource Podcast features career tips from national leaders in the legal profession. Released on the first Thursday of each month, each edition will provide practical advice that you can use to can help you distinguish yourself professionally.
Check this page each month for a new title or subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other RSS reader. 
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New - February 2008 Edition: Austin Anderson - Attracting New Clients and Marketing Your Practice (7:14 - MP3 Audio Download)
December 2007 Edition: Kathy Morris- Saying No (6:09 - MP3 Audio Download)
November 2007 Edition: Austin Anderson - Learning the Financial Side of the Business (10:13 - MP3 Audio Download)
October 2007 Edition: Peter Glowacki - Effective Communication in the Workplace (4:48 - MP3 Audio Download)
August 2007 Edition: ABA President William H. Neukom - Three Essential Tips for Associates (2:45 - MP3 Audio Download)
Find a Job
Finding a job can be a difficult and rewarding experience. Below is a list of resources to assist you:
Enhance Your Career
Legal and law related careers can be satisfying, meaningful and rewarding. Visit the various areas for articles, advice, and links to resources that can help assist you in improving your situation.
Resources for Employers
From posting jobs to searching resumes, the ABA-CLE Career Counsel offers many services for employers searching for legal professionals or wishing to enhance career opportunities at their businesses.
For Students
It's never to early to get a jump start on planning a satisfying legal career.
Career Articles and Resources
Articles and resources that can help improve your legal career.
ABA-CLE Career Resource Center Services
From resume reviews to career-assistance booths at career fairs, the ABA-CLE Career Resource Center offers a variety of resources for job seekers and employers.
ABA-CLE Career Resource Center Publications
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Constructing Core Competencies: Using Competency Models to Manage Firm Talent by Heather Bock and Robert Ruyak |
A competency model is an invaluable tool for law firms seeking a way to improve their career development programs and retain key associates. Constructing Core Competencies provide consistent guidance to associates regarding firm expectations, as well as continuity for development processes across the spectrum - in hiring, training, performance evaluations, and promotions. The book goes beyond issue spotting and offers practical advice on gaining support, defining competencies, and integrating them into a firm's culture. Learn more about the Book and PDF Download >>> |
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Best Practices in Attorney Professional Development: Heading Off and Handling Wrong Turns |
More and more firms are hiring professional development experts, and the shared information in this manual will be invaluable to those, and all firms, and individual attorneys focused on their own professional development. The contributing authors, professional development attorneys and specialists in law firms, and members of the Professional Development Consortium, identify the best professional development practices, the related mistakes firms and/or lawyers make, provide examples illustrating the errors, and include suggestions to "cure" or prevent related blunders. Job descriptions of professional development positions are also included in the hard copy offering. Learn more about the Book and PDF Download >>> |
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Career News
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Pulse of the Legal Profession from ABA Journal
About ABA-CLE Career Counsel
Welcome to the ABA Career Counsel, the ABA's central source for online information on finding jobs and enhancing lawyers' careers. Maintained by the ABA-CLE Career Resource Center, you can visit the various areas of this site often for tips on finding the right job and maximizing your career, ABA job postings, tools and links to career related resources. Advance your career with the ABA.
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