New to the law but not to life; older law school grads may find their best opportunities in the public sector

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Potential age discrimination liabilities do not keep many law firms from reluctance to hire older law school graduates in their late 30s to 50s because of their age, and large firms tend to worry that such individuals will not work with the same intensity as younger lawyers. Creativity in the job search as well as use of experience and maturity as selling points can, however, land older law school graduates a job. Older new lawyers often become government attorneys or work in legal aid offices.

Social aspects, Practice, Practice of law, Public interest law

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Now you see it, now you don't; older workers watch pensions erode as employers turn to cash-balance plans

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The trend in employee benefits to switch from defined-benefit pensions plans to cash-balance plans whichh has led many groups of older workers to file class action suits alleging legal violations including age discrimination is discussed.

Innovations, Pensions, Defined benefit plans

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Systems for success; get your act together with tips from professional organizers

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Tips for time management and law office organizing are given, and can include task delegation, immediate response to e-mail or storage in an electronic archive, and limiting files stored in a desk to those needed regularly.

Standards, Law offices, Time management

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