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Getting Started in Government Relations: Advice for Law Students

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What kind of positions or opportunities should a graduating law student pursue if they’re interested in government relations? This is the question I’m trying to answer in this post and when I speak next week to University of Alabama law students that are in DC participating in a government relations externship program.

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Global Public Affairs

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The paper is a high-level discussion of best practices and the evolving structure of corporate government affairs on the global scale. It is also true that companies take many different approaches to managing government and public affairs. Initial challenges include defining exactly what we mean by government or public affairs.

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What Should You Expect From Your Trade Association?

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Healthy industries include companies of many different types and sizes, but these companies have different needs when it comes to government regulation and compliance. Many times it is association certifications or guidelines that prevent or delay costlier and less efficient government regulation.

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Advice for New Lawyers

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I’m speaking again this week to University of Alabama law students about career opportunities for lawyers working in government relations. This has all changed, first with on-line services like Lexis and Westlaw, and then simply the Internet and free on-line government publications.

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Speaking to Alabama Law Students about the Association World

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Partner Mike House is the organizer of Alabama’s government relations program that brings students to Washington for a semester to work and study. So I took an offer in 2000 to be the Director of Government Relations, for an association management company called The Roberts Group.

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Does Your Association Produce Videos?

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As we organize our presentation we’re talking about the different categories that most association videos fall under: Advocacy or Government Relations, Professional Development & Training, Membership Recruitment and Retention, Fundraising & Development, Product Sales, Communications, PR, Branding or Awareness, and.

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What is Association Management?

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Non-profit corporations have a governing body, usually a board of directors. The governing body manages the operation of the organization, usually by hiring a senior staff person that has the title of “president” or “executive director.”