http://legaljobs-dallas.com Legal Jobs | Attorney Jobs | Lawyer Jobs | Legal Career Opportunities Dallas Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:21:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Valerie Fontaine and Roberta KassSpecial to Law.comIn this economy, prospective employers are looking to save money wherever possible, and telephone interviews can be cost-effective. Phone interviews usually are used by prospective employers for screening candidates to determine whether to spend the time and money for a face-to-face interview. Telephone interviews ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2010/03/interview-strategies-telephone-interviews-without-the-hang-ups/ Valerie Fontaine and Roberta KassSpecial to Law.comEditor’s note: This is the first article in a 12-part series providing interview tips and techniques for lawyers.In this slow time in the legal career opportunity market, interviews are few and far between. Therefore, candidates must make the most of each fine opportunity. This ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2010/02/interview-strategies-the-basics/ January 29, 2010BOWLING GREEN, KY, JANUARY 29 – Carmen Fowler took major honors among GLI’s legal recruiters for 2009. The fact that this honor comes closely on the heels of Carmen’s one-year anniversary as a recruiter only makes the accomplishment that much sweeter. Carmen began her career in legal recruiting ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2010/02/recruiter-takes-top-honors-at-gli/ FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet.Whole body image scanning machines are designed to peer through clothing and enslave three-dimensional images of individuals as if they're absolutely undressed. This raises a lot of questions about the impact of a citizen’s ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2010/01/whole-body-image-scanning-of-us-citizens-civil-rights-issue/ On October Twenty one, 2009, several U.S. Senators introduced a proposed federal “Elder Humiliate Victims Act (S. 1821)” as a “companion” Senate bill to one adopted earlier this year by a vote of 397 to 25 in the House, known as the Elder Abuse Victims Behave (H.R. 448), introduced by ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2009/12/federal-elder-abuse-victims-act-enfolded/ FindLawBy Eric SinrodWhether a particular patent is valid has potentially far-reaching implications. Novelty or newness is the basic underpinning of every invention that leads to a patent.After a patent has been granted, parties may seek to defeat its validity in litigation by arguing that the patented subject matter was not ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2009/12/global-online-effort-to-ascertain-validity-of-patents/ By Paul Cherner                 The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (”CDC”) has just issued a report indicating that in the past six months 22 million Americans have become sick with the H1N1 influenza virus (a/k/a the “swine flu”), of which 4,000 have died.  As this pandemic shows no signs of ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2009/11/h1n1-influenza-virus-pandemic/ KEYS TO SUCCESS Please note that the following steps aren't listed by order of importance.  They are all equally vital to the success of lateral hiring.  Therefore, these aren't “a la carte” suggestions from which you can pick and choose, but prototype of which all must be implemented to achieve success ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2009/10/integration-retention-of-lateral-attorneys/ By Paul ChernerThe EEOC has just published for public comment proposed new regulations interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 (”ADAA“). The ADAA, which became effective January 1, 2009, required the EEOC to revise its ADA regulations and to redefine the term “substantially limits” in accord with the ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2009/10/eeoc-proposes-new-ada-regulations/ From the tiny city solo practitioner to the big national players, every law firm must get involved in marketing at some level in order to obtain and retain clients. The quality of work a firm does can maintain clients and become a source of referrals but in order to reach ... http://legaljobs-dallas.com/2009/09/effective-law-firm-marketing-begins-with-well-defined-strategy/