Overview of Major Topics Covered:
Effective Legal Interviewing—Part One; What the Employer Is Seeking; Assumptions You Need to Avoid; Key Employer Interview Objectives; Key Candidate Interview Objectives; Kinds of Interviews; Preparing for the Interview; Researching the Employer; Researching the “Industry”; Researching the Interviewer(s); Test Run to the Interview Site; Preparing for the Tough Questions; Effective Legal Interviewing—Part Two; Questions You May Want to Ask; Questions You May Not Want to Ask; Practice—Role Playing; What to Bring with You to the Interview; Presenting Yourself at the Interview; Establishing Rapport with the Interviewer(s); Distinguishing Yourself from the Competition; Dealing with “Off-the-Wall” Settings/Interviewers/Questions; Handling Inappropriate Questions; How to Close the Interview; Following-up: Best Practices; Handling Age Issues; Networking Without Fear or Embarrassment; What Is Networking?; Why Networking Works; Building Your Network; Preparation for Networking; Researching Your Contacts; How to Network; the Three Attributes of the Successful Networker; What Holds Attorneys Back; Building a Network from Scratch; Your “Natural” Network; Enhancing Your Natural Network; Maintaining Your Network; Networking for Job Seekers Without any Obvious Contacts; Long-Distance Networking; Networking for Minority, Women and Disabled Persons; The Confidentiality Dilemma; How to Maximize Political Connections

About the Professor:
Richard L. Hermann is a legal career consultant with over 25 years of experience in legal career management. He co-founded and published www.attorneyjobs.com, which was acquired by Thomson West in 2007, has authored numerous books and articles on legal and law-related careers, and has addressed more than 200 audiences nationwide on legal career topics. Mr. Hermann is an attorney and served in the U.S. Army and as a senior legal consultant to the U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He is a graduate of Cornell Law School, the New School University and Yale University.