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TIPS FOR JOB SEEKERS – RESUMES, COVER LETTERS, INTERVIEWS — Assembled by Mandie LeBeau, Director of Career Services, New England Law, who has given LCL permission to share this material.
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LEADERSHIP — Theme of our Fall 2004 newsletter.
RETIREMENT — Theme article of our Spring 2002 newsletter.
SELF-CHANGE AS A LAWYER — From our Summer 2000 newsletter.
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