Notary Public
A Monthly Newsletter for WALRAA Members
Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association
www.walraa.org
June 2003

JONES DAY and WHO’s Cookin’?

Thank you Jones Day for hosting WALRAA’s June meeting and for the beautiful view! Loved the Ducks!! WALRAA would like to also extend a wholehearted thanks to Who’s Cookin’? Corporate Catering. The original caterers pulled out less than two weeks prior to our June Meeting – Deetsie Chrapaty of Who’s Cookin’? gratefully stepped in to provide WALRAA with a wonderfully prepared and very scrumptious lunch. Thanks for the door prize -- a catered lunch for 5 friends!

Welcome to our New Members

• Paige Emerson, Recruitment Coordinator, Patton Boggs, LLP
• Rachel Werner, Legal Personnel Assistant, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

Job Announcements

• Bryan Cave is looking for a Recruiting Assistant
• Georgetown Law Center is seeking an Assistant Director / Diversity
• Kirkland & Ellis is seeking a Attorney Recruiting Assistant

Holocaust Museum

Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn’s Annual U.S. Holocaust Museum event will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at 5 p.m. Please contact Amber Handman at (202) 857-6146, or handman.amber@arentfox.com, for details. This event is FREE.

WALRAA’s Diversity Reception
Invitations have been mailed! The Diversity Reception will be on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at 6:00 p.m., and held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. Our 2003 Diversity speaker is Kurt Schmoke, Dean of Howard University School of Law and former Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. If you have additional questions, please contact Rebecca Barrick or Kenia Garner.

ABCs of Recruiting
The newest members of your recruiting department will gain invaluable knowledge about our most important recruiting season! WALRAA’s annual ABC’s of Recruiting seminar will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 3:00pm at the offices of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. The seminar will be hosted by Halle Sabo, Legal Personnel Director at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Emily Quimby, Legal Recruiting Assistant at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. The fee is $25.00. An e-mail flyer will be circulated soon.

Policy Committee
The WALRAA Policy Committee, chaired by Debbie Oblon, have finalized the “Announcement Policy” regarding member announcements, community organizations, consultants, vendors and visitors. The Announcement Policy will be distributed, via e-mail, to the members shortly and will be posted on WALRAA website thereafter.

Mini-Conference
Katherine Arnold, Crowell & Moring, is the Chair for the 2004 Mini-Conference. Katherine is in the process of assembling a Planning Committee. If you are interested in helping to plan this impressive event, please contact Katherine at karnold@crowell.com.

JUNE MEETING TOPIC

“What’s New in NALP Land . . .” by Randall W. Scott, Executive Director and Jerry Nash, Deputy Director.

• After a brief introduction by Randall Scott about the 9-member NALP office and the various new developments and programs happening at NALP, he turned the presentation over to Jerry Nash.
• Jerry treated the members to a PowerPoint presentation of hot topics, NALP’s new publications, educational programs, research, technology services, and other national “buzz” of various issues.
• Publications: The NALP has several new publications just released, or soon to be released, including, “Lawyers Professional Development,” “Before you hit SEND . . . Effective use of email in the Job Search Process,” and “Perspective on Career Services.”
• Educational: Some of NALP’s upcoming education programs are the “Professional Development Institute (December 4-5, 2003); “End of Season Series” (January 2004); “Newer Professional’s Forum” (Tentative: July 2004); The Annual Education Conference (locations 2004 thru 2007), various Focus Programs and a new program called “Leadership Legends Summit (March 2004).
• Research: NALP also has a collection of various annual reports for Patterns & Practices, Perspectives on Fall Recruiting, Jobs & JD’s Report, Law School Career Survey, Second Career Lawyer Survey and a Public Interest Salary Survey.
• Technology: Under the Members Only section (www.NALP.org), there are directories, archived bulletins and handouts from the 2003 Annual Education Conference handouts. Also available are List serves (lists.NALP.org) for employers, school and general and new online the Directory of Law School.
• NALP: “What’s the Buzz”
  Jerry briefly reported on some of the hot topics at the Annual Education Conference and around the nation -- the pros and cons of the “August Interviews,” “Timing Guidelines,” “Judicial Clerkship Hiring” and of course, “Employment and Salary Data.”

WALRAA thanks Jerry and Randall for their informative and impressive presentation.

JULY MEETING
TOPIC: “Law Schools & Law Firms Partnering for Success.” Our July meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 18, 2003, 12pm, at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 3600 John McCormick Road, NE, Washington, D.C. Please RSVP to (202) 719-7077 no later than July 11, 2003. After July 11, please contact our WALRAA’s Vice-President for available seating.