Answering other columnists’ questions is nothing new in the legal blogosphere, so from time to time we feel free to jump on that jalopy. Ann Israel is one of the better-known recruiters in our little slice of heaven, and she takes the time to give thoughtful, but sometimes vague and conciliatory, answers to even the [...] Related posts:

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