Book annotation not available for this title.Title: From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job MarketAuthor: Hermann, Richard L.Publisher: Lawyer Avenue PrPublication Date: 2012/01/15Number of Pages: 254Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2011042536

From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job Market

Business & Money

Hermann, Richard L.

Job Hunting & Careers

Decisionbooks

Mother's Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times

Mother’s Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times is the “bio-history” of Margarete Sobel Hermann, the author’s mother and role model, who lived 101 tumultuous and productive years. Her life spanned 95 percent of the twentieth century, during which she and her family experienced much of the good, the bad and the exceptionally ugly that marked that most violent of eras. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Imperial Vienna, she survived the First World War, famine and starvation, runaway inflation, political turmoil that makes what we are undergoing today pale in comparison, discrimination, street violence, the Great Depression, the Nazi takeover of Austria, the Holocaust during which scores of her relatives perished in the death camps, and the daunting task of getting herself and her family out of Europe to America. Once in the United States, she faced and overcame the formidable task of creating a new life for herself. The first two-thirds of this chronicle is about the initial one-third of her life—the European phase. The last third of this book is an account of the last two-thirds of her life—the American story. The theme that carries through this remarkable life is one of perseverance, grit in the face of often overwhelming odds and obstacles.

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Persimmon Alley Press

Mother's Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times is the "bio-history" of Margarete Sobel Hermann, the author's mother and role model, who lived 101 tumultuous and productive years. Her life spanned 95 percent of the twentieth century, during which she and her family experienced much of the good, the bad and the exceptionally ugly that marked that most violent of eras. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Imperial Vienna, she survived the First World War, famine and starvation, runaway inflation, political turmoil that makes what we are undergoing today pale in comparison, discrimination, street violence, the Great Depression, the Nazi takeover of Austria, the Holocaust during which scores of her relatives perished in the death camps, and the daunting task of getting herself and her family out of Europe to America. Once in the United States, she faced and overcame the formidable task of creating a new life for herself. The first two-thirds of this chronicle is about the initial one-third of her life--the European phase. The last third of this book is an account of the last two-thirds of her life--the American story. The theme that carries through this remarkable life is one of perseverance, grit in the face of often overwhelming odds and obstacles.

Persimmon Alley Press LLC

Author Richard Hermann had a front-row seat during the Cold War. Close Encounters with the Cold War: Personal Battles with Evil Empires, Cold Warriors and Others is his bio-history of his and his Cold Warrior colleagues' experiences during that nail-biting half-century. From childhood memories of being trained to "duck and cover" at the first sign of a nuclear detonation to growing up and participating in a world gone MAD-"Mutually Assured Destruction" being both an agreed-upon strategy by reputedly responsible political leaders on both sides of the nuclear divide as well as an acronym describing a planet driven to the brink of insanity by the ever-present threat of annihilation-meant a constant stream of news that kept us in a state of high anxiety. A drumbeat of fear-inducing headlines like those during the McCarthy era swirled, with absurdities like swimwear named after the location-Bikini Atoll-of 23 nuclear weapons tests. Periodic reminders that the Cold War was, indeed, a war included the Soviet Union's successful Sputnik launch-a harmless orbiting metal ball that nevertheless sent the United States into a panic and launched the space race-the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, various other proxy wars around the globe, and the occasional arrest of spies in our midst. Indeed, the Cold War left a lasting legacy, including dangerous lingering radiation levels from bomb testing and nuclear accidents like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. This last effect will plague life on planet Earth for generations, assuming of course we don't all die first from the effects of man-made climate change. Indeed, the post-World War II era, viewed at its onset as a promising dawn of new prosperity and innovation, has left us a toxic legacy. That mankind avoided self-extermination during these decades was more dumb luck than a testament to human wisdom.

Close Encounters with the Cold War: Personal Battles with Evil Empires, Cold Warriors and Others

History

Americas

To compete in today's tight job market, you need up-to-date, reliable information on how to manage this phase of your legal career. This thorough guide―divided into short, specific sections that touch on what you'll need to do before your new job hunt, while you're looking, as you're sitting in the interview, once you've gotten an offer, and everything in between―covers everything you need to know.

Managing Your Legal Career: Best Practices for Creating the Career You Want

American Bar Association]

Though it's commonly thought that law is a perennial career, today's legal eagles are learning otherwise. And as recent news coverage suggests, most are in desperate need of guidance on how to keep their jobs and what to do if they're let go. The legal landscape has shifted, and keen lawyers must know how to navigate it. With 25 years in legal career counseling, Hermann helps attorneys deal with downsizing in a precarious economy. The book provides a savvy outlook on the current job scene, with specifi c topics that include: opportunities impervious to economic flux; beating "recession depression"; using a law degree outside the "mainstream"; combining career opportunities; maximizing contacts; nailing an interview; and relocation considerations. This book focuses primarily on the job-search process for attorneys who've been recently displaced, with additional tips for those who wish to redirect their career focus as a result.

The Lawyer's Guide to Finding Success in Any Job Market

Kaplan Publishing

Landing a Federal Legal Job is designed to give you the edge in pursuing a U.S. government attorney or law-related position over your competitors, but also to provide a solid understanding of the U.S. government's legal employment opportunities and hiring processes so that you can make an intelligent decision about whether you want to work for―and where you want to work within―this giant legal system.

Landing a Federal Legal Job: Finding Success in the U.S. Government Job Market

Build a legal career in the hottest 21st century practice areas! In his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 1, Data Protection Practice: The Brave New Legal World, investigates a practice area that may be the hottest one going today and likely to be a centerpiece of business, personal, and legal concern for years to come. Talk to any law firm managing partner or corporate or government general counsel and you are likely to hear that s/he cannot find enough data protection attorneys. Every day the demand for lawyers who understand the legal implications of cybersecurity threats is surging in every employment sector. This booklet shows you how to surge with it and take advantage of this exciting career opportunity, Highlights include: • Six Key Features of Current Data Protection Practice • What Makes Data Protection Law So Hot? • The State of the Law • The Practice • Who Hires? “Mainstream” and JD-Advantage Jobs in Data Protection • What Does It Pay? • Breaking In • Finding Out About Data Protection Jobs before Everyone Else • Where to Go for More Information Cyber threats know no borders. The potential for misuse of sensitive personal information, corporate intelligence, and national security secrets is panicking businesses, governments, and other organizations worldwide, triggering legislative and regulatory action everywhere you look. Nations are scrambling to modernize their laws and regulations to cope with the new technologies that enable hacking before they are left even farther behind this growing law-technology gap. Technology know-how is a plus, but not mandatory because there are only a handful of attorneys with an in-depth understanding of the technological aspects of data security. A data protection attorney, most importantly, must be able to communicate effectively with people from all disciplines and backgrounds. Hermann focuses on what law students and lawyers need to know to break into this sizzling hot employment field.

Data Protection Practice: The Brave New Legal World (21st Century Legal Career Series)

Specialties

H Watson LLC

Build a legal career in one of the hottest 21st century employment fields In his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 2, Careers in Compliance: JDs Wanted, focuses on what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calls one of the fastest growing occupations. The number of compliance officers nationwide has more than doubled in the last six years to around 300,000. A barrage of new laws, such as the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank Act, and their implementing regulations (Dodd-Frank alone has spawned almost 400), heightened government enforcement, large fines, and other penalties have acted as a compliance wake-up call to affected companies and industries. New laws and more vigorous government enforcement have also upgraded the nature of the job. As part of compliance, companies now emphasize risk assessments, ethics, employee training, and developing paths for employees to report possible misconduct. A growing number of compliance officers come to the job armed with a law degree. This booklet shows you where these jobs are and how to take advantage of this exciting career opportunity. Highlights include: -What is Compliance ? -The Work -Organizing the Compliance Function -Who Hires? -JD-Advantage Compliance Jobs and Careers -What Does It Pay? -Breaking into Compliance -Follow Up While ever-present, compliance has become considerably more important and central to the activities of most organizations in the 21st century. America's 6,000 publicly-traded companies find that, since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, it has become impossible to function without a compliance staff. There has even been a "trickle-over" effect to closely-held corporations and nonprofits including hospitals, academic institutions, museums, and foundations. Prior compliance experience is not always necessary, due to intense demand. The new compliance reality forces organizations to expand their searches beyond candidates with just compliance backgrounds to other disciplines, law being prominent among them. Hermann focuses on what law students and lawyers need to know to break into this hot field.

Careers in Compliance: JDs Wanted (21st Century Legal Career Series)

Legal Education

Build a legal career in one of the hottest 21st century practice areas!In his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 4, Energy Law: Fueling a Dynamic Legal Career, focuses on a powerhouse practice area, one that will be a central focus of legal concern for as far out as the eye can see. This booklet details how six factors, including energy independence and technological innovation, have transformed energy law from a niche practice confined to a narrow geographic area into a wide-ranging endeavor that has gone global. The energy law arena is a job-creating juggernaut and one that aspiring attorneys should carefully consider.Highlights include:How Do We Know That Energy Law is “Hot?” The Work Who Hires? JD Advantage Energy Jobs What Does It Pay? Future Prospects Breaking into Energy Law Finding Out About Jobs before Everyone Else Follow-Up 21st century energy practice is not confined to its traditional home among large law firms in Houston, Dallas, and Washington, DC. The “oil patch” has expanded far beyond Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and the Gulf of Mexico. Today, 20 states have a robust fossil fuel industry. In addition, renewables such as solar, wind, and biofuels are closing in on a nationwide presence.The dramatic emergence of cost-effective extraction technologies such as fracking and horizontal drilling, along with the rise of renewables, has vastly expanded the number of energy legal job opportunities. This is particularly true of some of the JD-Advantage jobs discussed in this booklet.Hermann focuses on what law students and lawyers need to know to break into this hot employment field.

Energy Law: Fueling a Dynamic Legal Career (21st Century Legal Career Series)

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From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job Market

Mother's Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times

Mother's Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times

Close Encounters with the Cold War: Personal Battles with Evil Empires, Cold Warriors and Others

Managing Your Legal Career: Best Practices for Creating the Career You Want

The Lawyer's Guide to Finding Success in Any Job Market

Landing a Federal Legal Job: Finding Success in the U.S. Government Job Market

Data Protection Practice: The Brave New Legal World (21st Century Legal Career Series)

Careers in Compliance: JDs Wanted (21st Century Legal Career Series)

Energy Law: Fueling a Dynamic Legal Career (21st Century Legal Career Series)