Word: placement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vowing to "escalate" their fight to restore the Law School's office for public interest law placement, law students have mobilized over the past weeks in numbers almost unheard-of at the normally complacent graduate school...
...surface, Clark's move seems innocuous enough. Instead of a full-time advisor, students interested in pursuing public service legal careers must now consult the director of career services and an as-yet-unnamed placement advisor. The reason, according to Clark, was a simple matter of budget-cutting...
...There's prestige and money associated with large firms," says second-year student Jason Adkins, who has been a leader in the movement. "They come recruit you. For public-interest, you have to have an expert on placement. A few seminars...
...time, he said that the program, which is generally regarded as one of the major accomplishments of former Dean James Vorenberg '49, could be incorporated into the school's career placement service...
...just can't hire some generic lawyer to replace 20 years of experience," said Donziger. "Students require a degree of expertise a regular placement officer doesn't have...