Welcome to The Roundup for the week ending April 17. We have lots of thought-provoking pieces to share from last week.
From Around the Web
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Deceptive Statistics 101, Courtesy of a Law Professor and the New York Times: The New York Times published an column by a Berkeley law professor at Berkeley who said the drop law school applications is partly a problem of the schools’ own making. (Above the Law)
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Why Every Law School Should Teach Entrepreneurism: There are 1,281,432 attorneys in the United States, of which 470,926 of those attorneys are entrepreneurs. With such a large and growing fraction of the legal sector launching their own firm, one must ask whether law schools are doing enough to prepare law students for entrepreneurship. (Entrepreneur)
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Is It Cheating to Get Help With Your Job Search: Is it somehow not okay to ask for help with your job search? And, if it is okay, how can you get help in a way that feels authentic, and not too uncomfortable? (About.com)
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Biglaw Mommy: Babies are Not Happy Hour: Bring up the needs of working parents to have a little flexibility at work so that they can also tend to their children’s needs, and time and time again there are those who assert that it’s unfair for parents to expect “special treatment.” (Above the Law)
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