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The Associate's Guide to Getting Along
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Panelists Barbara B. Miller Barbara B. Miller Communications Martin L. Camp Assistant Dean for Students Affairs Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Moderator Elizabeth Lampert Director Law Journal Newsletters Web Audio Conference Division | The Associate's Guide to Getting Along As clocks tick faster and faster, the brightest and the best that the law schools can graduate just have to figure out how to actually practice law. Sophisticated legal clients are demanding, the competition is fierce and the productivity tools seem to encourage the pace and intensity of getting work done. But high IQs, Law Review positions and prestigious law school degrees make little difference when staff and colleagues refuse to work with you. Long days and brilliant legal analysis won't matter if you can't make conversation when joining partners and prospective clients for lunch. And subject matter depth on substantive legal issues may make for an important article on recent Supreme Court decisions, but fail to get you to equity partnership. This Law Journal Newsletter Web Audio Conference will give you the knowledge to survive and strive in the world of today's Law Firm. Learn how to achieve and utilize the necessary skills that will make your years of hard work worth it. Topics include:
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Panelists Barbara B. Miller Barbara B. Miller Communications Martin L. Camp Assistant Dean for Students Affairs Moderator Elizabeth Lampert Director Law Journal Newsletters Web Audio Conference Division | The Associate's Guide to Getting Along As clocks tick faster and faster, the brightest and the best that the law schools can graduate just have to figure out how to actually practice law. Sophisticated legal clients are demanding, the competition is fierce and the productivity tools seem to encourage the pace and intensity of getting work done. But high IQs, Law Review positions and prestigious law school degrees make little difference when staff and colleagues refuse to work with you. Long days and brilliant legal analysis won't matter if you can't make conversation when joining partners and prospective clients for lunch. And subject matter depth on substantive legal issues may make for an important article on recent Supreme Court decisions, but fail to get you to equity partnership. This Law Journal Newsletter Web Audio Conference will give you the knowledge to survive and strive in the world of today's Law Firm. Learn how to achieve and utilize the necessary skills that will make your years of hard work worth it. Topics include:
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The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
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Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
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