News & Events

Upcoming Bad Times Boot Camp for Lawyers in Central Park - August 25, 2009, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Amanda Ellis Legal Search, inSHAPE, The Sun Communication Group, and SoloPracticeUniversity™ invite laid-off lawyers and lawyers looking to network and develop business to this boot camp workout and networking event.  Amanda Ellis Legal Search will answer job search questions, The Sun Communication Group will answer questions regarding getting noticed by the media as one way to develop business and inSHAPE will answer questions regarding the importance of fitness and nutrition during stressful economic times.  Building Brand You Webinar – September 14, 2009, 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time Survive & Thrive presentation at the University of Texas School of Law – September 24, 2009 Past National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations 2009 Leadership Summit (July, 2009) Amanda Ellis attended the NCWBA’s 2009 Leadership Summit in Chicago on July 31, 2009.  Amanda tweeted from the summit; click here to read the tweets. San Diego Legal Recruitment Association (July, 2009) Amanda Ellis presented The 6Ps of Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter for Business Development & Job Search to the San Diego Legal Recruitment Association on July 8, 2009. What Law School Career Counselors Should Know About Twitter (June, 2009) Amanda Ellis conducted a webinar for 60+ law school career counselors on what they should know about Twitter on June 25, 2009.  A recording of the webinar is available here.  Job Search Strategies Presentation at Baylor Law School (June, 2009) National Association of Legal Search Consultants 2009 Annual Conference (May, 2009) IWIRC’s 2009 Spring Luncheon & Founders Awards (April, 2009) Amanda Ellis is attending IWIRC's 2009 Spring Luncheon and Founders Awards in conjunction with ABI’s Spring Meeting. The guest speaker will be Gail Evans, Former Executive VP of CNN, Diversity Expert and Best-Selling Author of Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn. April 1, 2009, 11:30 a.m – 2:00 p.m. – Gaylord Resort, National Harbor, MD Job Search Strategies Presentation at SMU Dedman School of Law (March, 2009) On March 3, 2009, Dean John Attanasio and Karen Sargent, Assistant Dean and Director of Career Services, held two seminars to give second-year and third-year law students information about the state of the legal job market. Amanda Ellis provided the students with strategies for obtaining a job in the legal market. The March 9, 2009 issue of the Texas Lawyer covers the program as well as ideas that other Texas law schools have implemented to help students find jobs. March 3, 2009 – SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX Texas Women Lawyers CLE: Constructing Your Practice (February, 2009) Amanda Ellis Legal Search is a sponsor of the Texas Women Lawyers CLE – Constructing Your Practice. For more information on sponsoring or attending, please visit texaswomenlawyers. February 20, 2009 – AT&T Conference Center, Austin, TX 9 to 5: 9 Observations Regarding the Legal Job Market & 5 Strategies for New Attorneys Entering the 2009 Legal Job Market (January, 2009) In January, Amanda Ellis wrote a 3-part post on Ann Levine’s The Law School Expert blog regarding the state of the legal job market and strategies for attorneys seeking a job: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 January 2-5, 2009 – The Law School Expert blog DFW Network of IWIRC: Using Social Networking Sites to Develop Business (January, 2009) Amanda Ellis organized the presentation for the DFW Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation ‘s 2009 Annual Meeting. The presentation by Robert Kraft and John Dorsey focused on Using Social Networking Sites to Develop Business: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Avvo. January 29, 2009 – Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX