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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 25, 2008

Enhancing Your Value

Peter Ocko of Major, Lindsey & Africa offers tips for landing a job in a tough market.

By Peter D. Ocko

Pundits issue dire predictions for our industry, competing as to who can forecast the most wretched landscape for lawyers' futures. Large firms implode, while others cast off associates nationwide. Is this the demise of two-martini summer associate lunches? The end of the dream of the $190K first-year salary?

Interesting questions, to be sure, but for law students coming into this environment, there are more pressing questions, such as: "How am...

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