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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE: Public interest law lures deferred associates

04-09-2009, 02:16 AM

Call it a mixer for the new economy. Law school grads and 3Ls interested in public interest law met at Newark's Performing Arts Center with public interest organizations looking to hire them for the short term — and for free. The event, dubbed "New Jersey's First Deferred Associates Public Interest Job Fair," was intended to connect incoming associates whose start dates have been deferred by their law firms, with public interest organizations that could use some virtually no-cost help.

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