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The numbers -- Diversity -- Ageism -- Disability -- The pros -- The cons -- "Mainstream" attorney and "law-related" jobs -- Federal legal geography -- Overview of the federal legal structure -- Executive branch : overview and the executive office of the president -- Executive branch : cabinet departments -- Executive branch : the agencies -- Executive branch : Article I courts -- Legislative branch : overview, politics v. merit hiring, and members' offices -- The legislative branch : congressional committees and subcommittees -- The legislative branch : congressional support offices and member organizations -- The legislative branch : legislative branch agencies -- The judicial branch : overview and career paths -- Judicial branch : judicial branch agencies -- The quasi-federal sector -- Federal practice areas -- Hiring process overview -- Hiring for attorney jobs -- Mainstream attorney hiring : new grads -- Mainstream attorney hiring : experienced lawyers -- Mainstream attorney hiring : senior executive service. |
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Mainstream attorney hiring : administrative law judges -- Mainstream attorney hiring : immigration judges -- Mainstream attorney hiring : the Military Judge Advocate Generals Corps -- Mainstream attorney hiring : foreign affairs -- Mainstream attorney hiring : FBI special agents -- Mainstream attorney hiring : fellowship programs -- Hiring for federal "law-related" jobs -- Political appointments -- Disability hiring : the selective placement program -- Veterans' employment programs -- Indian preference hiring -- Key questions overview -- Preliminary questions -- Application process questions -- Job offer and acceptance questions -- Overcoming the application barrage -- What to submit -- How to submit -- Differentiating yourself from the competition -- Defending the nation -- The rise of regulation -- Technology run riot -- Globalization -- Energy independence -- Enforcement of intellectual property rights abroad -- Bubbles. |
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Resource shortages -- Alternative work scheduling and workplace modification -- There are the best, and then there are the best -- Functional areas with a great future -- Functional areas with a promising future -- "Hidden" federal attorney positions : legs and regs -- "Hidden" federal attorney positions : keeping government (and everyone else) honest -- "Hidden" federal attorney positions : resolving disputes -- "Hidden" federal attorney positions : government contracting -- "Hidden" law-related positions : overview and regulatory compliance positions -- "Hidden" law-related positions : adjudication positions -- "Hidden" law-related positions : research and policy positions -- "Hidden" law-related jobs : transactional positions -- "Hidden" law-related positions : other positions -- Great places to work : overview and health regulation -- Great places to work: intellectual property and transactions -- Great places to work : national security -- Great places to work : economic regulation -- Great places to work : international affairs -- Great places to work : consumer protection -- Great places to work : litigation -- Great places to work : employment and civil rights -- Great places to work : legal research, advice, and counsel -- Great places to work : the newest of the new. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011000115 |
| ISBN | 9781616328351 (pbk.) |
