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September 11, 2007
What is NALP?
So you've been hearing about NALP guidelines, timelines and standards, but many of you may be wondering what exactly NALP is. NALP is short for the National Association for Law Placement. It was originally formed in 1971 as a response to a perceived need by many law schools and legal employers to create a common forum for discussion of placement and recruitment issues. Memebers of NALP include virtually all ABA approved law schools in the United States, Canadian law schools, and hundreds of legal employers from both public and private sectors. NALP's core objectives are:
* To provide vision and expertise in research and education for legal career counseling and planning, recruitment, employment, and professional development;
* To cultivate ethical practices and fairness in legal career counseling and planning, recruitment, employment, and professional development;
* To promote the full range of legal career opportunities and to foster access to legal public interest and public sector employment; and
* To advocate for diversity in the legal profession and in our membership.
To find out more about NALP, go to www.nalp.org. Here you will be able search NALP's directory of legal employers, and have access to important NALP principles and standards.
Posted by cld30 at September 11, 2007 03:49 PM