E-Due Diligence in Law Firm Hiring: A Look at the Issues
Why Attend?
Are you ready for e-due diligence?
Legal employers and career counselors alike are grappling with the development of electronic due diligence in hiring. In today's tight legal market, finding out as much as possible about a candidate's character, history, and previous experience is more important to law firms than ever. And with 67% of 25- to 35-year-old attorneys and 54% of all attorneys reporting membership in an online social network, the internet offers a wealth of information that could potentially sway hiring decisions.
E-due diligence is a term that did not exist 10 years ago. Yet today, according to Vault's 2008 Social Networking Web Site Survey, 44% of legal employers have looked up candidates on Facebook, MySpace, and other networking sites, and 82% said their hiring decisions would be impacted by information they perceived as being negative.
Whether your issues revolve around "should" or "how," you will not want to miss this informative and insightful webinar on the growing practice e-due diligence in law firm hiring.
This interactive program gives you the opportunity to submit questions before and/or during the program for discussion by the faculty.
What You Will Learn
What issues employers should consider in deciding whether to move beyond the resume, interview, and reference check and to include internet searches in evaluating candidates
Who should be involved in the conducting of e-due diligence, what procedures should be implemented, and what safeguards should be established to ensure that the process is conducted correctly
What policies should apply to outside vendors, if their services are used
The point at which e-due diligence could become unlawful
How to determine the accuracy and reliability of information posted on the internet
How to measure the predictive value with respect to employment performance of information found on the internet
Whether the policies concerning internet searches of candidates might be applied to employees
What law students need to know about e-due diligence practices
How to stay informed about this rapidly evolving topic
Faculty
Nancy Berry is the Director of Legal Recruiting of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based out of the Chicago office, where she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of legal recruiting including law school, judicial clerkship, lateral associate and lateral partner hiring. Prior to working at McDermott, she was the Director of Legal Recruiting and Professional Development at Gardner Carton and Douglas and the Recruiting Manager in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis.
Linda M. Doyle is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, resident in the firm's Chicago office. Ms. Doyle is also the Hiring Partner for McDermott's Chicago office. As a member of the Labor & Employment Group, she represents employers in employment discrimination litigation, breach of contract, wrongful discharge, and workplace tort matters. Ms. Doyle also represents employers and benefit plan administrators in ERISA litigation. She negotiates labor contracts on behalf of employers and represents employers in arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements, in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor, and in union organizing campaigns. She also counsels employers on employment issues including hiring, management training, wage and hour issues, and downsizing.
Paula Nailon is Assistant Dean for Professional Development at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, where she also teaches courses on judicial clerking and professional skills in the workplace. She is co-author of Excellence in the Workplace: Legal and Life Skills in a Nutshell, published by Thompson West in 2007. She is NALP's liaison to the ABA Young Lawyers Division, and has previously served on the NALP Board of Directors. She is an active member of the State Bar of Arizona and serves on its Legal Services and Mentoring Committees and on its Committee on Persons with Disabilities in the Legal Profession.
This program is expected to qualify for CLE credit in MCLE jurisdictions that accredit webcasts and courses on law practice management. For specific information on MCLE accreditation of this program, please e-mail in-house@ali-aba.org.
Program Schedule
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.0; total 50-minute hours, 2.4.
Times
Eastern 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Central 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Mountain 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Pacific & Arizona 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Alaska 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Hawaii 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
