Calendar Events

Last night’s holiday party was a huge success, with 125 people in attendance! A special thanks to those who donated the generous raffle prizes, and congratulations to the winners.

$200 Bliss Card (Lateral Link):
Dakotah Eddy - Legal Recruiting Assistant
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

$200 Bliss Card (ELR Search):
Rebecca Saunders - Attorney Training Coordinator
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Perrier Jouet Blason Rose Champgane (Rumin Search)
Laurie Mallach – Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment
Chadbourne & Parke LLP

$100 Saks Fifth Avenue Gift Card (Marina Sirras & Associates LLC)
Helen Coupe – Recruiting Assistant
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver and Hedges LLP

Nook (David Carrie)
Elissa Brito – Attorney Recruiting Specialist
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Two tickets to the NY Wine Expo & Wine (Vault.com)
Isaac Winkler – Talent Development Coordinator
Kaye Scholer LLP

Nook Color (The PeterSan Group)
Donna Manion – Director of Legal Recruiting
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Kindle Touch (Continuum International)
Sophia Ferguson – Attorney Recruiting & Development Coordinator
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

$150 Sherry- Lehman Gift Card (CMW Legal Search Consultants)
Kasey Voskresenskaya – Recruiting Coordinator
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

$500 Apple Gift Card (SJL Legal Search)
Rebecca Fogler – New York Office Manager
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver and Hedges LLP

Please join us for our annual NYCRA holiday party.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
6:00pm to 8:00pm

WHERE: The National
557 Lexington Avenue @ 50th Street

R.S.V.P. to Courtney Ciccone at courtney.ciccone@shearman.com by January 9th

Please Save the Date for a NYCRA Networking Event:

Monday, December 5th
6 - 8 p.m.

Hors d’oeurves and cocktails will be served.
Hosted by: Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square (Eighth Avenue & 41st Street)
New York, NY 10036

Part I - “What is the net of Networking? How to make it work for you every day”

Presented by: Joanne S. Ollman, Chief Professional Resources Officer, Proskauer

Joanne S. Ollman, Chief Professional Resources Officer at Proskauer, has more than 25 years of experience in the area of associate relations. She has overall responsibility for associate hiring, summer program, professional development and training, evaluations, compensation, diversity, pro bono, and associate retention and morale. She also oversees the firm’s paralegal program.

Part II - Speed Networking

Everyone will have the opportunity to have conversations with approximately 10-12 NYCRA members,
followed by mingling with the group as a whole.

If you would like to RSVP for this event, please email me at courtney.ciccone@gmail.com. Space is limited, so first come, first served.

Please join NYCRA for an “End of Recruiting Season Get Together!”

Where: Flute Bar & Lounge (Midtown)
205 West 54th Street (Btwn 7th Ave. & Broadway)
When: Tuesday, October 4th
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
RSVP: courtney.ciccone@shearman.com by Friday, September 30th

Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

The Art and Practice of Facilitation
Tuesday, June 21st
12:00 noon- 2 p.m.
Lunch will be served

Presented by: Ben Nowell, LMSW (www.bennowell.com)

Hosted by: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas (@ 45th Street)

Presenter will focus on meeting facilitation with regards to the stages of a meeting, identifying challenging meeting behaviors (individual and group), and learning effective prevention and intervention strategies.
Please keep in mind that space is limited for this event, so please RSVP at your earliest convenience to: courtney.ciccone@shearman.com.

Please join us for cocktails
at the NALP Conference

at The Pointe, JW Marriott

Wednesday, April 27th
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

R.S.V.P. by April 21st
nancy.merriman@hoganlovells.com

NYCRA Educational Mini-Conference
Date: Monday, February 14, 2011
Time: 9:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m.
Place: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (425 Lexington Avenue)

We are pleased to announce that NYCRA’s second annual Educational Mini-Conference will be held on Monday, February 14. The Conference will include three professional development/recruiting programs and lunch.

9:30 - 10:00am - Continental breakfast, registration
10:00 - 11:15am - “Says Who? The Art & Science of Changing Minds” will be presented by Steve Hughes from Hit Your Stride, LLC
11:15 - 11:30am - Break
11:30 - 12:30pm - NALP Presentation - “A legal recruiting industry update and report on NALP activities, statistics and data” will be presented by Carol Sprague from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and James Leipold from NALP
12:30 - 1:00pm - Lunch
1:00 - 2:00pm - Behavioral Interviewing - Hear from recruitment personnel at three law firms regarding their experience with the shift to behavioral interviewing, and also hear the perspective from the law school side. Panelists include Christina Fox from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Donna Harris from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Ari Katz from Bingham McCutchen LLP, and Marsha Diamond from Columbia Law School. Nancy Merriman from Hogan Lovells will be the moderator.

NYCRA would like to thank its members for attending the Holiday Party hosted at Zengo on Tuesday, January 8! A very special thanks to the following sponsors who donated fantastic raffle prizes:

A.W. Rush & Co.
Continuum Relocation
David Carrie LLC
ELR Legal Search
Lateral Link
Lawcruit
Rumin Search Consulting LLC
SJL Attorney Search
TRUMP SOHO

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Please join us for our annual NYCRA holiday party.

WHEN: Tuesday, January 18th
6:30pm to 8:30pm

WHERE: Zengo
622 Third Avenue @ East 40th Street

R.S.V.P. to Courtney Ciccone at courtney.ciccone@shearman.com by January 14th

When: Friday, November 5th
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Where: Dewey & LeBoeuf
1301 Avenue of the Americas (@ 52nd Street)

R.S.V.P. to courtney.ciccone@shearman.com by November 2nd.

Presentation by Eva Wisnik

When: Wednesday, October 13th
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Where: Fried, Frank
One New York Plaza

R.S.V.P. to courtney.ciccone@shearman.com by October 8.

When: Tuesday, August 10th
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Where: Rue 57
60 W. 57th Street (@ 6th Avenue)

R.S.V.P. to courtney.ciccone@shearman.com by August 6.