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Job Openings – Lerner David–Cranford, NJ

EE/Computer/Physics Associate (2-5 years’ experience)

The Firm seeks an associate to work closely with renowned clients in drafting and prosecuting electronic and software-related patent applications for cutting-edge technologies. Requirements include an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or a related science with strong knowledge of computer systems or machine learning.  A minimum of two years’ experience in patent preparation and prosecution is preferred. The candidate must be admitted to practice …

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Tax Attorney

Lowenstein Sandler’s Tax Group is seeking an Associate with 2 – 3 years of transactional tax experience, including supporting mergers and acquisitions, for our NYC or Roseland, NJ office. Experience with a major law firm, excellent academic credentials, and NY/NJ bar admission are required. Lowenstein Sandler is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants …

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Senior Corporate Counsel

Exciting Global Company with New York headquarters that creates unique educational offerings for iconic global organizations is seeking an experienced lawyer for the position of Senior Corporate Counsel. In this role you will report directly to the CEO.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

 Provides legal advice and services in support of company goals.Primary legal contact for the business, responsible for the drafting, revision, and negotiation of legal aspects of agreements with customers,…
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National Association of Women Lawyers’ Seventeenth General Counsel Institute (GCI)

November 10 -12

We are delighted to be a partnering organization for the National Association of Women Lawyer’s upcoming 17th General Counsel Institute on November 10 – 12, 2021. This virtual conference will focus on “Women Leading the Way: Finding Courage, Commitment, and Connection in Times of Change”. In these unprecedented times of crisis and opportunity, women lawyers are being asked to do more than ever before. A changing global …

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Real Estate Land Use Associate

Job Description:

Faegre Drinker is actively recruiting a senior associate to join the Real Estate practice group in our Princeton office. This attorney will be involved in land use development work and related real estate matters in New Jersey. New Jersey bar admission or eligibility to waive in is required. 

We are seeking candidates with at least five years of experience in representing clients before zoning and planning boards. Regular …

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#21-311: Deputy Attorney General 1 (Section Chief – Administrative Practice Group – Education and Higher Education Section – Trenton, NJ)

The Education and Higher Education Section (EHE) of the Division of Law in the Administrative Practice Group in Trenton is seeking a Section Chief.  The EHE Section provides counsel and representation to the Department of Education. The work on behalf of the Department includes administrative litigation and appeals regarding State funding of education, charter schools, and special education. Representation has been provided in the ongoing Abbott v. Burke matter and …

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#21-309: Deputy Attorney General 2 (Assistant Section Chief – Administrative Practice Group – Health and Human Services Section – Trenton, NJ)

The Health and Human Services Section provides legal counsel and representation to the Department of Human Service (DHS) and the Department of Health (DOH) which are the two largest Departments within the State of NJ. Within DHS there are various divisions that Deputies in the section interact with on a day-to-day basis: Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), Division of Family Development (DFD), Bureau of Guardianship Services (BGS) and Division of …

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#21-319: Deputy Attorney General 2 (Assistant Section Chief) (Department of Children and Families Section – Voorhees, NJ)

The DCF-South Section provides representation to the Department of Children and Families (DCF), the agency tasked with protecting children and strengthening families. The deputies in this section represent DCF when it seeks supervision or custody of abused and neglected children or is seeking termination of parental rights when deemed necessary. The work is litigation intensive but also touches on aspects of social work. There is also significant appellate work undertaken …

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#21-321: Deputy Attorney General 2 (Assistant Section Chief) (Tort, Litigation and Judiciary Section – Trenton, NJ)

The Tort Litigation & Judiciary (TLJ) Section’s members are the defenders of the State and its many departments and agencies, as well as State officials and employees, when sued in any tort (personal injury) lawsuit and in many civil rights lawsuits. They also defend certain sue-and-be-sued governmental entities, such as New Jersey Transit, and their employees, in such lawsuits. The section provides representation in matters originating in North Jersey counties. …

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Senior Corporate Counsel – Mergers & Acquisitions

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Senior Corporate Counsel – Mergers & Acquisitions

Candidates are invited to apply directly via: https://www.princetonlegal.com/position/senior-corporate-counsel-mergers-acquisitions/

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It’s OK to Not be OK

12:00pm – 1:00pm

We cordially invite you to join the Association of Corporate Counsel New Jersey and the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association for an hour of great discussion. With the world still experiencing difficult times, and many of us feeling “not ok”, as well as seeing much divisiveness, confusion, sadness, and unsureness about the new normal… we thought it would be a good time to join together for lunch …

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Speed Mentoring & Networking Cocktail Reception

5:30-7:30 pm

Join NJWLA’s Women’s Leadership Committee in person

Stage House Tavern in Scotch Plains(open air venue/weather permitting)

Modeled after speed dating, speed mentoring focuses on quick-hit information and time-efficient networking to help you find a mentor, mentee, or ally for all stages of your career.  Through this informal process of speed mentoring, our goal is to help you find a rewarding professional relationship.  Judges, law clerks, law students, law firm partners, …

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ERA Resolution – NJWLA Member Vote Needed

Dear NJWLA Member, Our Public Policy Committee has worked hard to identify legislation that impacts our members’ interests and our mission to support women including, but not limited to, women lawyers. This is a message near and dear to our hearts. Almost 100 years ago Alice Paul proposed a Constitutional amendment that would guarantee men and women would have equal rights throughout the United States. While the Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) finally earned bi-partisan …

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