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| Getting Back in the Game: How to Restart Your Career in a Down Economy Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Event has expired. Registration for this event is no longer available. Affected by the current financial crisis, many lawyers are finding themselves looking for employment. This program is designed to assist job-seeking attorneys in learning how best to market themselves whether they are looking to go to a firm, start their own practice or are considering an alternative legal career. 9:45 AM - Welcome by Patricia M. Hynes, President, New York City Bar 10:00 AM - Breaking Back into a Large Law Firm: How to Make Your Way Back into a Top Law Firm Moderator: BRIAN DALTON, Managing Editor, Vault.com and Editor Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms Speakers: DAVID LAT, Founding Editor, AboveTheLaw.com; T.J. DUANE, Principal, Lateral Link; HELEN LONG, Director Legal Recruiting at Ropes & Gray LLP; JOHN J. CANNON III, Hiring Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP 11:30 AM - Casting a Wider Net: The Rise of the Small to Mid-Sized Law Firm Moderator: ALLA ROYTBERG, Solo Practitioner; Director, City Bar Small Law Firm Center Speakers: PAUL LIPPE, CEO, Legal On-Ramp; CORIN LINDSLEY, Managing Director, Major Lindsey & Africa; RON GEFFNER, Sadis & Goldberg 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch 1:45 PM—Alternative Legal Careers: Exploring the Range of Options With Your JD Moderator: MAUREEN REID, Maureen M. Reid, LLC Speakers: TANYA GILL, DLA Piper; HILLARY MANTIS, Career Coach, Author, Alternative Careers for Lawyers and Jobs For Lawyers: Effective Techniques for Getting Hired in Today’s Legal Marketplace; LISA SOLOMON, Founder, Legal Research & Writing Pro and Lisa Solomon, Esq. Legal Research & Writing; CAROLINE CENIZA-LEVINE, Career Advice Columnist Vault.com and Partner of SixFigureStart.com. 3:15 PM—Start Up LLP: Creating Your Own Law Firm Moderator: OLIVERA MEDENICA, Chair, Small Law Firms Committee Speakers: JEREMY SALAND, Crotty & Saland; CAROLYN ELEFANT, Author, Solo By Choice, myshingle.com; ALLA ROYTBERG, Solo Practitioner; Director, City Bar Small Law Firm Center Co-sponsored by 
Registration is necessary. The fee, which includes lunch, is $30 for members, $50 for non-members. |