Your First Year as a Lawyer Revealed.

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Your First Year as a Lawyer

Revealed

By Ursula Furi-Perry

Employers have scaled back from law school recruitment, making it more difficult for students to secure post-graduation jobs. Ursula FuriPerry, attorney and author of the recently released Your First Year as a Lawyer Revealed, shares several strategies to help law school graduates as they enter the job market.

Her advice to recent graduates

--and young lawyers looking for work

--includes the following tips:

* Join a professional association;

* Consider nontraditional legal employers;

* Align yourself with a trusted partner who can help pinpoint potential leads that might be a good fit;

* Project a professional and polished image in person, in writing, and...