"Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is offering $35,000 signing bonuses to first-year associates who come onboard after spending a summer program with another law firm."

Quinn Emanuel Wants to Steal Your Summer Associates

"We asked, 18,000+ attorneys answered. Here are the most prestigious firms in each U.S. Region." - Vault

Vault's Top Law Firms by Region

• New York - Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  
• Washington, DC - Williams & Connolly
  
• Atlanta - King & Spalding
  
• Boston - Ropes & Gray
  
• Chicago - Kirkland & Ellis
  
• Miami - White & Case
  
• Mid-Atlantic - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  
• Mountain States - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  
• Midwest - Jones Day
  
• Northern California - Morrison & Foerster
  
• Southern California - Latham & Watkins
  
• Texas - Baker Botts
  
• Pacific Northwest - Perkins Coie
  

Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair 

(in DC this year!)

August 4-6th, 2016

8am-8pm

Renaissance Hotel

Registration

More Info

*** If your firm plans to participate in the career fair, and you want to be included in the printed conference booklet and all other conference-related materials, please make sure to register your firm ASAP.  The LGBT Bar really wants all participating firms listed in the materials but the deadline for printing conference materials is in the coming days.  ***

The 2017 Vault Law 100 is here! More than 18,000 law firm associates rated the prestige of law firms across the country.

2017 Vault Law 100

Come de-stress before OCI!

No experience is needed, and breakfast will be provided!

8:30 AM 

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Flow Yoga

1508 14th Street NW, Washington DC, 20005

Online registration: WALRAA Pre-OCI Yoga

By: Suzanne Monyak, The National Law Journal

June 20, 2016

From white-water rafting trips to casino nights and parties, Washington's law firms are hosting a slew of social events for this year's summer associates in an effort to prepare them — and court them — to rejoin the firm as first-year associates after graduation...

• FREE FOOD
  
• SOCIAL EVENTS
  
• FREE SWAG
  
• FREE TRAVEL
  
• FREE BOOZE

After the tragic events in Orlando on June 12th, the victims and their loved ones face a tremendous uphill legal battle. Please join the DC legal community and the National LGBT Bar in supporting efforts to defray the cost of legal services for all of those affected.

• Join our Orlando Ride for Relief on June 27th at 7:30 pm, hosted by the brand new Flywheel City Center with all-star instructor Stephen Murray.
  
• Email Jason Beekman to reserve a bike with a $102 tax-deductible donation to the National LGBT Bar (representing the 49 dead and 53 injured).
  
• Donate via the National LGBT Bar’s Orlando Legal Services fund to help make a difference in our community.
  
• Encourage Florida-barred attorneys to donate their time by filling out the National LGBT Bar’s Florida Volunteer Attorneys Form.
  
• For questions or to get more information, please email Jason Beekman.
  

The NALP Board has released it's NALP City Group/Consortium update.  Featured inside are NALP’s most important activities and initiatives.  

The updates include:

Research

• Additional Class of 2014 Salary Information
  
• Law School Career Services Survey Report Now Available
  
• Activities of NALP Board, Officers & Directors
  
• Board Postpones Decision on Proposed Changes to Part V D (the 1L Timing Guidelines)
  
• NALP Board Approves Change to Dues Structure for 2017
  
• Board Announces Service Excellence Award Recipient: Heather DiFranco
  

Why did you go to law school? Why do you want to be a _______ (fill in a practice group) lawyer? Or how about ______(fill in local sports team, restaurant, or news item)? If you think these are effective interview questions, you have a lot to learn! In this ever-evolving, demanding legal market, it is critical that firms hire the best associates. Assessing a candidate's abilities, personality, and overall "fit" is critical and many law firms are not preparing their attorneys to ask effective, probative questions during the interview process. From her experience as a law firm recruiting director and now as a recruiter with SJL, Kara Dodson will share her knowledge of behavioral interviewing protocol and process. This session is intended to provide strategies into training your hiring committee how to ask meaningful questions or your law students what to anticipate and how to prepare for interviews.

The presentation and handouts can be found in the Resource Center.

The Media and Communications Committee is proud to present the new WALRAA Logo.  

We would like to extend a special thank you to the Web and Graphic Designers at Williams & Connolly & Skadden for their work in creating the new logo.  As well as Lauren Stubel for her initiative and support during the redesign process.

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