Seyfarth Shaw's NYC legal office seeks intern

Seyfarth Shaw's New York Office is seeking a library intern to assist
with a short-term marketing project.

Please see below for details.

Library Intern - New York
 
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America's leading full-service law firms, is
recommended as one of the foremost law firms in the United States in
multiple practice areas in the 2010 edition of Legal 500 United
States, an independent guide to America's leading law firms.
Formed in 1945 in Chicago, Seyfarth has evolved into a full-service
law firm with over 750 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout the
United States, including: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los
Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Washington D.C., as well as internationally in London. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate, and real estate. The firm's practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country's
business and social fabric. Clients include over 300 of the Fortune
500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media,
hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm
also represents a number of federal, state and local governmental and
educational entities.


The New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking a Library Intern
to join us for approximately 20 hours plus per week for a short-term
project. The individual must be professional and motivated to assist
the Marketing & Business Development department with research to build a contact list for a local practice group. Individual will gain
exposure to a professional setting, library services and business
development initiatives. The ideal candidate should have a desire to
learn about law firms. The candidate should also be detail-oriented,
able to take direction and work well independently.


Required Qualifications:
     Strong Microsoft Office skills
     Excellent research and internet skills
     Familiarity with Hoovers preferred


Please send resume and cover letter to nyc-staff@seyfarth.com.

Law Library and knowledge management - Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

The New York office of FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO has opportunity for internship in the law library and knowledge management center this Fall semester of  2011.  You will be directed by Jeff Cohan, past president of the Law Library Association of Greater New York (2008-2009.) 

The intern will learn and apply the following skills to support some or all of our ongoing projects: competitive intelligence research; intranet web redesign; knowledge management of legal workproduct and business analytics; and library administration.   You will work with  these resources: Lexis Atvantage, Thomson Innovation, web provided government information sources, Sharepoint, WestKM, Salesforce.com, and Microsoft Excel. 

The internship is non-paid and for school credit only.  The ideal student will be in the final year of study for the Masters of Library/Information Science and have some additional background in law and/or business.  Please make sure your school has a program to provide credit for interning.   

In the past, LIU Palmer, Queens College, Rutgers, and St Johns have awarded credit for interning with our firm.   

Applications are due  Thurs Sept 15 1 for the Fall semester.

You may either call or email me.

-Jeff

Jeffrey Cohan
Director of Libraries and Knowledge ManagementFITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104-0101
T 212-218-2103
F 212-218-2200
jcohan@fchs.com
http://www.fitzpatrickcella.com