ALI-ABA/NALP Live Video Webcast Professional Development Series Managing Law Firm Recruitment and Retention in a Downturn Tuesday, August 5, 2008 PROGRAM FACULTY FACULTY BIOGRAPHY STUDY MATERIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Managing Law Firm Recruitment and Retention in a Downturn By Tammy A. Patterson Page ix xi xiii 1 vii
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ALI-ABA/ NALP Live Video Webcast Professional Development Series Managing Law Firm Recruitment and Retention in a Downturn Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Eastern 12:00 pm 2:00 pm; Central 11:00 a.m. 1:00 pm; Mountain 10:00 am 12:00 pm; Pacific & Arizona 9:00 am 11:00 am; Alaska 8:00 am to 10:00 am; Hawaii 6:00 am 8:00 am AGENDA (all times Eastern) 12:00 pm Introduction and overview of topics 12:10 pm Managing current lawyer capacity Practice group rotations Lawyer on Loan programs Judicial clerkships Pro bono Opportunities with clients Frequency and thoroughness of evaluation process Organized alumni networks and outplacement programs Managing lateral hiring 12:30 pm Over-subscription: Alternatives for managing summer associate offers and fall entering classes Promoting judicial clerkships Cold offers Tiered offers Referrals/References Deferred offers and start dates Offer withdrawal/rescinded offers Q&A and request for best practices 1:00 pm Communicating the downturn message Be respectful! Internal/external communication 1:15 pm Managing student information Dealing with blogs, websites and negative press Staying in touch with Career Services Offices Centralized communication Interview training Advice from CSO representatives 1:30 p.m. Maintaining your firm s recruiting prowess Evaluating your core schools Adding and removing schools from your OCI schedule Interviewing new 3L s Focus groups with 3L s and fall entering class Q&A and request for best practices 1:45 pm Building confidence with lateral candidates Partner involvement ix
1:55 pm Closing remarks/q&a 2:00 pm Conclusion Internal (associate) referrals Advice from CSO and search firm representatives x
ALI-ABA/NALP Live Video Webcast Professional Development Series Managing Law Firm Recruitment and Retention in a Downturn Tuesday, August 5, 2008 FACULTY Thomas S. Leatherbury Tammy A. Patterson Vinson & Elkins LLP The NALP Foundation 2001 Ross Avenue 6624 Lakewood Blvd. Dallas, TX 75201 Dallas, TX 75214 tleatherbury@velaw.com tpatterson@nalpfoundation.org xi
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ALI-ABA/NALP Live Video Webcast Professional Development Series Managing Law Firm Recruitment and Retention in a Downturn Tuesday, August 5, 2008 FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES Thomas S. Leatherbury is a Hiring Partner and Employment Committee Chair at Vinson & Elkins LLP, in Dallas. Mr. Leatherbury has a wide range of experience in state and federal appeals and trials. His experience includes commercial, intellectual property, and healthcare litigation, and class actions. He has represented publishers and broadcasters in all aspects of media litigation throughout his career. Yale Law School, J.D., 1979 (Chair, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization) Yale College, B.A. History summa cum laude, 1976 (Phi Beta Kappa) Law clerk to the Honorable Robert M. Hill, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas, 1979-1980 Admitted to practice: Texas, 1979; United States Supreme Court; all federal courts in Texas; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Third and Federal Circuits. Tammy A. Patterson is CEO & President of the NALP Foundation. Ms. Patterson provides leadership for all research and educational initiatives and is responsible for oversight of governance and operational initiatives. Ms. Patterson has focused her professional endeavors on lawyer careers since 1994, and most recently, served as Director of Recruiting and Professional Development at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP of Dallas, Texas. Ms. Patterson received her degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, and is a former Board member of the national Professional Development Consortium, a past officer of the Recruiting Administrators of Dallas, and a former director of the Board of Directors of NALP, the NALP Foundation s parent organization. Ms. Patterson represents the Foundation s interests in a host of industry venues sharing the latest information on lawyer career interests. xiii
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