News: 29 June 2010
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by BennettGreen in News
The news this week -
Five Academics have discussed the merits of e-books (via Law Librarian Blog). Personally, I’m a massive fan of e-books and I wish more publishers would get onboard. But it seems these academics haven’t yet embraced the amazing resource that is having a wealth of textbooks on your mobile device.
Graduating mid year? Having trouble finding a job outside the yearly recruitment intakes? Guerrilla Job Hunting suggests you try the Pizza Box method. Ask around and try to find the name of a few law firms doing some big litigation work. Then, find the name of some mid-level lawyer working on that litigation. Once you have some contact details, wait till about 7pm, order a pizza and eat one piece for yourself. Then send it up to your secret admiree (who will surely be knee deep in some pointless interrogatory or some such) and attach a note that says ‘the only piece missing is me … ‘
The University Blog has written about being a whiney student and making complaints.
Punk Rock HR has written that, really, it’s kind of difficult to be fired. So stress less?
One of the (few) great Australian legal blogs, The Australian Professional Liability Blog, has written about a curious intersection between legal professional privilege and the requirement to produce relevant documents in a disciplinary hearing.
English law student runs case against property developer and wins.
To finish, here are 9 ways LinkedIn can improve business. Get on it.
