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FindLaw Launches Legal Employment Classifieds

Expands Top Online Legal Employment Resource

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. May 15, 2001 — FindLaw, the most highly trafficked legal Web site, today announced the addition of a nationwide collection of legal employment classifieds to the FindLaw CareerCenter (careers.findlaw.com), the largest and most comprehensive legal employment resource on the Internet.

For employers and legal professionals alike, demands on their time often make it tough to connect. The FindLaw CareerCenter brings legal professionals and employers closer together by providing useful resources that match the skills, values and experience of prospective employees with the needs employers have for their open positions. The site is free to legal professionals and includes:

  • Employment classifieds: a nationwide collection of legal employment opportunity listings for attorneys, librarians, paralegals and legal assistants
  • Recruiting Directory: a one-click destination for useful information about legal employers that features more than 1,100 law firms
  • Recruitment services: for a small contingency fee, FindLaw will identify and connect legal employers with top legal talent
  • Newsletters and community rooms: advice from other legal professionals and recruiters on what to look for in an employer, plus tips for negotiating terms
  • Career content: exclusive salary survey of more than 1,500 law offices nationwide, home of the Insider's Guide to Law Firms, and other in-depth career information resources

A powerful complement to law firm recruiting efforts

Helpful career-building resources, employment opportunity listings and law firm information converge at the FindLaw CareerCenter, said Tom Antisdel, senior director, FindLaw CareerCenter. "Given the recent shortage of qualified legal professionals, recruiting and retention efforts have grown increasingly aggressive," Antisdel noted. "FindLaw provides the resources law firms need to attract, evaluate and build relationships with potential employees. With more legal professionals turning to our career pages than to any other legal Web site, the FindLaw CareerCenter ensures that law firms are connecting with top legal talent."

About FindLaw

FindLaw is the leading provider of free, online legal information and other legal resources. FindLaw offers a broad range of legal tools, content, services and resources for legal professionals, businesses and consumers. These resources include legal search tools, case law, legal news, real-time SEC filings, community discussion areas, online continuing legal education courses and the most complete online legal career center. FindLaw's channels for businesses and consumers provide comprehensive, plain-English legal information for nonlawyers. FindLaw is a subsidiary of West Group.

About West Group

Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West Group is the foremost provider of e-information and solutions to the U.S. legal market. West Group is a division of The Thomson Corporation (TSE: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit West Group's Web site at www.westgroup.com.

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