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| Title | Article: Wanted: Temp Attorneys With Foreign-Language Skills |
| Body | From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443295404577543223388869162.html#articleTabs%3Darticle Wanted: Temp Attorneys With Foreign-Language Skills by Jennifer Smith July 23, 2012 Unemployed lawyers looking for work in a lousy job market might want to brush up on their Korean or Chinese. As international business disputes proliferate, law firms are bringing in flocks of attorneys with a flair for languages, although the jobs are almost always temporary. In fact, law firms and corporations that used to hire translators fluent in languages such as Japanese, Hebrew or Spanish now figure they can get legal skills in the bargain. "For legal matters, translators and attorneys with foreign-language skills are probably in the same price range—you get more bang for your buck," said Michael Reichwald, president of Yorkson Legal, a New York agency that supplies law firms and corporations with foreign-language-proficient lawyers and paralegals. Read the full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443295404577543223388869162.html#articleTabs%3Darticle |
| Source | Wall Street Journal |
| Inputdate | 2012-07-29 07:01:56 |
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| Publishdate | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 |
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