History (Updated May 16, 2024)
Now known as NALP, The National Association for Law Placement® was founded in 1971, during a period of rapid change in both the legal profession and legal education, in response to a perceived need by many law schools and legal employers for a common forum to discuss issues involving placement and recruitment. NALP is dedicated to facilitating legal career counseling and planning, recruitment and retention, and the professional development of law students and lawyers. The Administra...
Recruiting Section (Updated November 1, 2024)
The Recruiting Section is for NALP members who are responsible for, or who have an interest in, issues related to recruiting and hiring law students, new graduates and lateral attorneys. Join Section Group on NALPconnect 2024-25 Section Co-Chairs : Olivia Schmit, Sidley Austin LLP and Tanisia Charles, Jones Day June 2024 Board Report (PDF) November 2024 Board Report (PDF) Work Groups: Annual Education Conference / Bulletin+ Article and Webinar Planni...
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Tara Antonipillai Founder & Principal , Cultivate Tara Owens Antonipillai is a well - being consultant , speaker , teacher , and author . Tara combines her unique expertise as a positive psych ology practitioner , attorney , and mindfulness instructor to help attorneys thrive . Tara also helps law firms and other organizations develop and expand workplace well - being programs in a wide variety of formats . She received both her undergraduate degree a nd her J.D . from Georgetown Uni...
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NALP in Boston : Anchoring the Profession April 16 - 19 , 2024 The NALP Annual Education Conference is the single largest , most comprehensive , and most well - respected edu Given the challenges and changes in our profession and our world over the past couple of years , it is imperative to stay on top of current industry trends ; learn about best practices as they evolve ; and develop , rekindle , and main To advocate for your participation in the NALP Annual Education Confere...
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2024 Annual Education Conference Speaker Biographies ( this document will not be updated ) Ida Abbott President , Ida Abbott Consulting Ida Abbott is a retirement strategist who helps individuals design creative , happy and purposeful retirements , and helps law firms design respectful and effective succession and retirement processes . She is an internationally recognized expert on talent and career development , especially mentoring , advancing women , and her current focus , retiremen...
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2023 Annual Education Conference Speaker Bios ( this document will not be updated ) Mary Abbajay President & CEO , Careerstone Group Mary Abbajay is the author of the best - selling , award - winning Managing Up : How to Move Up , Win at Work , and Succeed with Any Type of Boss and president of Careerstone Group , LLC , a full service organizational and leadership development consultancy that delivers leading - edge talent and organizational development solutions to business and gove...
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COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE Bulletin April � � � � � � � � � � � �
CONTENT The New CE Manager A WORLD - CLASS LMS Messages from NALP Members 40 SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR LAW FIRMS NALP50th Anniversary Articles from April 42 2020 - March2021 : A Recap Making Noise : The Work Underway and a 44 Callto Action ( Again ) by Alison Ashe - Card , Molly Stafford , and Nicole Netkin - Collins How NALP’s DEI Research Documents the Welcome to the 50th Anniversary 53 IT Training 4 SlowProgressof Underrepr...
Lateral Hiring Best Practices Guide, Fourth Edition, 2020 (Updated May 28, 2020)
National Association for Law Placement Lateral Hiring Best Practices Guide Fourth Edition , 2020
The Fourth Edition of the Lateral Hiring Best Practices Guide was compiled by a 2017 - 2020 Work Group of the NALP Recruiting Section led by the Lateral Hiring Subgroup Vice Chairs Laura S . Dolan ( Bass , Berry & Sims PLC ) , Lindsay Howard ( Wolf , Greenfield & Sacks PC ) , Christine Whitehead ( Hogan Lovells US LLP ) and assisted by Recruiting Section Chairs Michelle Le Biavant ...