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If you're trying to keep your job, looking for the onramp after a layoff or detour, or trying to find your first gig post-graduation, check out these 10 resources for attorneys.

1. The New ABA Teleconference Series to "help lawyers survive in a down economy" (free to ABA members);

2. PinkSlips, Detours & Re-Entry: Restart, Recharge or Reinvent Your Legal Career On Your Own Terms, presented by Carolyn Elefant and Julie Tower-Pierce. Next event June 24th in Washington, D.C.;

3. Solo Practice University. This is the place where lawyers can go to learn what they need to know to set up their own shop, even if that shop is a part-time one sandwiched in the day between daycare drop-off and soccer practice;

4. Speaking of Going Solo, if you're contemplating hanging your own shingle or wonder if you could ever muster what it takes to do so, you might want to check out Jay Foonberg's book, How to Start and Build a Law Practice, and Carolyn Elefant's Solo By Choice;

5. And, speaking of books, there's my book Staying at Home, Staying in the Law, which makes a great companion for those lawyers who are voluntarily or involuntarily off the practice track. It's packed with ideas for staying marketable while away from the law;

6. If flexibility is what you're after, check out the free Darling Hill eBook Put Your J.D. to Work & Get the Life You Want: 33 Places Online to Find Flexible Lawyer Jobs;

7. The Posse List. If you're a contract lawyer (a.k.a. freelance lawyer) or thinking about becoming a contract lawyer, are you subscribing to the list?

8. Craigslist. Sure, Craigslist has weathered major media attention lately, but don't underestimate this powerful resource--it may just help you find your next attorney/lawyer job.

9. Twitter. No, it's not too late to learn a thing or two about Twitter, and while you're learning, you'll boost your marketability, discover that networking can be fun, and maybe even find some law job leads.

10. Good Ol' Fashioned Word of Mouth. Downturn or upswing, if your neighbor, friend, ex-husband, PTA acquaintance or golf-buddy knows someone you *should* know to land that job, open your mouth and start talking.

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