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Law School Speaking Engagement

Amber Handman conducted a Zoom presentation about the California Legal Market for students at the New York University School of Law.

Speaking Engagement

Valerie Fontaine was a panelist on “Questions Savvy Partner Candidates May Ask: Introducing the Lateral Firm Questionnaire,” at the NALP Annual Education Conference in New Orleans.

Speaking Engagement

Roberta Kass co-presented “How to Hire for your Law Firm: Tips from the Trenches” to the UCLA Bruin Professionals Lawyers Affinity Group, about how to make sure the employees you hire are the employees you want and need.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman participated in a webinar for Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law titled Legal Recruiter Insights: Optimizing Success in a Long-Distance Job Search.

University Advising
Webinar Roberta Kass and Amber Handman presented a webinar about the state of the California legal market for Yale Law School students on behalf of the school’s Career Development Office.

Law School Speaking Engagement

Amber Handman conducted a Zoom presentation about the California Legal Market for The University of Michigan Law School Office of Career Planning.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman conducted a Zoom presentation about the California Legal Market for students at The University of Chicago Law School.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman conducted a Zoom presentation about the California Legal Market for students at the New York University School of Law.

Law School Speaking Engagement

Amber Handman conducted a Zoom presentation about the California Legal Market for students at Georgetown University Law Center.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman conducted a Zoom presentation about the California Legal Market for students at Northwestern Pritzer School of Law.

University Advising
Webinar Roberta Kass and Amber Handman presented a webinar about the state of the California legal market for Yale Law School students on behalf of the school’s Career Development Office.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine co-presented an online MCLE program, “It’s OK to Get Help Building a Career You Love,” on the MSheLE.com platform.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine co-led a program on “The LFQ Lateral Firm Questionnaire: What Lateral Partner Candidates Need to Know Now” as part of the “NALSC Presents” webinar series.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine was scheduled to moderate “Heed Red Flags to Avoid Lateral Hiring Heartbreak,” a panel at the NALP (National Association of Law Placement) Annual Education Conference in Montreal, Canada. (Canceled due to COVID-19)

Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman was scheduled to be a panelist on “Switching Sides: Lessons Learned on Recruiting, Marketing and Time Management” at the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. (Canceled due to COVID-19)

Speaking Engagement
March 27, 2020 – Valerie Fontaine was scheduled to moderate the panel “Trending: New Practice Areas and Salary Ban Updates” at the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. (Canceled due to COVID-19)

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine was featured in Berbay’s “Becoming More Competitive in the Diversity and Inclusion Arena” podcast regarding what small firms need to know about recruiting and retaining female and diverse lawyers.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman presented on the California Legal Market and met individually with students at Georgetown University Law Center.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman spoke about the California Legal Market and counseling students at the New York University School of Law.

Speaking Engagement
Roberta Kass led the Corporate Counsel Roundtable, “Do You Want to be a GC?”, presented by the Business Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Speaking Engagement
Roberta Kass spoke about the California Legal job market and counseled students at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine led a roundtable discussion regarding the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) Code of Ethics at the 2019 NALSC Fall Symposium held at the New York office of Morrison & Foerster.

University Advising

Summer 2019- Madeleine Seltzer conducted one-on-one career counseling sessions with Harvard Law School students

Speaking Engagement
Roberta Kass and Amber Handman presented a webinar about the California legal market for Yale Law School students on behalf of the school’s Career Development Office.

Conference
SeltzerFontaine is a Silver Sponsor of “A Decade After A Call to Action: Where Are We Now”. The all-day event at the Downtown Los Angeles offices of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP commemorates more than a decade of the Los Angeles County Bar Association – Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Joint Task Force on the Retention and Promotion of Women Lawyers and will examine what progress has been made and what still needs to be done.

Award Engagement
SeltzerFontaine was pleased to support the Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library at its Beacon of Justice Award Gala Honoring Rex S. Heinke and Hon. R. Carlos Moreno (Ret.). We are proud of Roberta Kass’ decade of service on its Board of Directors, currently as Vice Chair.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman presented about the California Legal Market and counseling students at New York University School of Law.

Speaking Engagement
April 9-11, 2019 – Valerie Fontaine represented NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) at the NALP (National Association of Law Placement) annual educational conference in San Diego.

Law School Speaking Engagement
Amber Handman spoke on the California Legal Market and met individually with students at Georgetown University Law Center.

Speaking Engagement – Podcast
Valerie Fontaine was the featured guest in an ABA “Asked & Answered” podcast on “Where the Jobs Are: Hot Careers for the Class of 2019.” Listen Here!

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine moderated the Town Hall at the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV from March 14-16.

University Advising – Webinar
Roberta Kass and Amber Handman presented a webinar about the state of the California legal market for Yale Law School students on behalf of the school’s Career Development Office.

University Advising – Phone Consultations
Madeleine Seltzer and Amber Handman conducted one-on-one career counseling sessions with Harvard Law School students.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine moderated “Are Those Clients Really Portable?”, a panel at the NALP (National Association of Law Placement) Annual Education Conference in Hollywood, FL.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine moderated the Town Hall session at the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) Annual Conference in Austin, TX.

University Advising
Amber Handman spoke to students at Columbia University School of Law about the California legal job market.

University Advising
Amber Handman talked to students at New York University School of Law regarding the California legal job market.

University Advising
Roberta Kass spoke to law students at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law regarding the Southern California Legal Market.

Speaking Engagement
Roberta Kass presented a national webinar for the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Executive Series—New Year’s Resolutions to Advance Your In-House Legal Career.

Speaking Engagement
Roberta Kass co-presented a webinar for the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Executive Series—Your Next In-House Move: Tips from Top Legal Recruiters.

University Advising – Webinar
Roberta Kass and Amber Handman presented a webinar about the state of the California legal market for Yale Law School students on behalf of the school’s Career Development Office.

University Advising – Phone Consultations
Madeleine Seltzer and Randy Beckwith conducted one-on-one career counseling sessions with Harvard Law School students.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine moderated and participated in “Holding Search Firms to a Higher Standard” at NALP’s (National Association for Law Placement) Second Annual Lateral Recruiting Conference in Chicago, IL.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine moderated “Are Your Lateral Partner Hires Profitable?”, a panel at the NALP (National Association for Law Placement) Annual Education Conference in San Francisco, CA.

University Advising
Amber Handman spoke to students at Columbia University School of Law about the California legal job market.

University Advising
Amber Handman talked to students at New York University School of Law regarding the California legal job market.

University Advising
Amber Handman presented to students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School about the legal job market in California.

University Advising
Amber Handman spoke to the students at Georgetown University Law Center about the California legal job market.

Speaking Engagement
Valerie Fontaine moderated the Town Hall session at the NALSC (National Association of Legal Search Consultants) Annual Conference in Marina Del Rey, CA.

University Advising
Roberta Kass spoke to law students at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law regarding the Los Angeles Legal Market.

Speaking Engagement
Roberta Kass chaired a panel, “Mid-Career Reboot: Reassessing Career and Employer,” at the Women in Law Leadership Summit at UCLA Law School.

Community Involvement
Roberta Kass was elevated to Vice Chair of the Board of Friends of the Los Angeles Law Library.