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 PublicationsBook by Valerie A. Fontaine: "The Right Moves: Job Search and Career Development Strategies for Lawyers", NALP, 2006 Articles by Valerie A. Fontaine and Roberta Kass: "Interview Strategies: the Basics", Career Center at law.com, January 11, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Telephone Interviews, Without the Hang-Ups", Career Center at law.com, January 19, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Handling Mealtime Interviews With Aplomb", Career Center at law.com, January 25, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Facing and Acing a Panel Interview", Career Center at law.com, February 1, 2010 "Interview Strategies: The Challenges of a Coffee 'Date'", Career Center at law.com, February 8, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Get Ready for Your Video Close-Up", Career Center at law.com, February 16, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Navigating the Question Minefield", Career Center at law.com, February 22, 2010 "Interview Strategies: What Questions Should You Ask?", Career Center at law.com, March 1, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Mind Your Mannerisms", Career Center at law.com, March 8, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Handling a Callback", Career Center at law.com, March 15, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Taking the Show on the Road", Career Center at law.com, March 22, 2010 "Interview Strategies: Be a Powerful Closer", Career Center at law.com, March 29, 2010 "Interview Strategies: A Flawless Follow-Up", Career Center at law.com, April 5, 2010 "Winning Strategies for Older but Wiser Job Seekers", Career Center at law.com, August 3, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Get With the Program!", Career Center at law.com, August 10, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Resume Strategies", Career Center at law.com, August 17, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Crafting Your Business Plan", Career Center at law.com, August 24, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Finding the Hidden Job Market", Career Center at law.com, August 31, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Acing the Interview", Career Center at law.com, September 8, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Handling Touchy Subjects", Career Center at law.com, September 14, 2009 "Older but Wiser: Stay the Course", Career Center at law.com, September 21, 2009 "Avoiding Age-Old Problems", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, May 19, 2009
"Recruiters Squeezed by Tight Placement Prospects", The National Law Journal", April 26, 2010 "Matchmaker", Daily Journal Extra, March 8, 2004 "Dream Works: Corporate Counsel Jobs Don't Always Live Up to Their Reputation", The Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 8, 1999 "What Job-Hunters Should Wear on Their Sleeves", The National Law Journal, Career Issue, August 1994 "Lawyers With New York Ills Eye L.A. Law", The New York Law Journal, March 4, 1991 "Search Consultants Adapt to a Changing Market", The National Law Journal, March 26, 1990
"Fifteen Years in Recruiting: Taking Stock", The National Law Journal, April 11, 1988 "NALSC Code of Ethics Sets Standards for Industry", The National Law Journal, October 31, 1988
Articles By Valerie A. Fontaine: "Identyfying the Hidden Job Market", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, May 18, 2010
"Into the Wild: Four Members of the Class of '79 Celebrate 30 Years of Annual Adventures", Hastings, UC Hastings College of the Law Alumni Magazine, Spring 2010. "Business Skills for New Lawyers: What Nobody Taught You in Law School", Big News for Smaller Firms, the magazine of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the State Bar of California, June/July 2009, Vol. 15, Issue 2 "Team Play: Creating a Network of Mentors", Law Firm Survival Guide 2009, published in Big Meeting Magazine, State Bar of California Solo and Small Firm Section, January 2009 "Coming to a Firm Near You: Change", The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, January 26, 2009 "Expanding Legal Skills Can Help Attorneys Survive a Downturn", The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, January 5, 2009 "Hot Topics", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, November 25, 2008 "What to Do in a Down Market?", The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 29 no. 4, August 2008 "One Size Doesn't Fit All", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, May 20, 2008 "Profits Per Partner Ranking: A True Measure of Success?", The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 29 no. 2, April 2008 "Partying With a Purpose", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, Nov. 20, 2007 "New Faces: Changing Demographics in the Legal Profession", Diversity Business Magazine, Fall 2007 "Same Desk, Different Firm", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, May 30, 2007 "Outsourcing and Offshoring", The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 27, no. 6, Dec. 2006 "What's in a Title?", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, Nov. 21, 2006 "Don't Take it Personally: Job Seekers Must Be Prepared to Meet Rejection With Elan", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, May 23, 2006 "Merger Mania and Megafirms", The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 27, no. 1, Feb. 2006 A monthly career column by Valerie A. Fontaine, appeared in The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal from 1999-2005 “Transformation: From Profession to Business”, The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 26, no. 5, Oct. 2005 “Time is Money”, Leadership Exchange, Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, Vol. 2, Issue 7, Oct. 2004 "Be Proactive to Make Sure You Start Off on Right Foot", The New Lawyer, Supplement to The Los Angeles Daily Journal and The San Francisco Daily Journal, Feb. 24, 2005 “Performance Reviews: Four Steps to Transform the Process From Ordeal to Opportunity”, The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 25, no. 5, Oct. 2004 "Dangerous Interview Questions", The Bottom Line, State Bar of California Law Practice Management and Technology Section, Vol. 25, no. 2, April 2004 "Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession", www.cleonline.com , October 2000-October 2003 "Strategies for a Sure-Fire Hire", NAWBO-LA News, National Association of Women Business Owners Los Angeles Chapter Newsletter, Nov. 1997 "Bias is a Bottom Line Issue", The Legal Administrator Update, Vol. XXXII, Issue No. 44, February 1996 "Progress Report: Women and People of Color in Legal Education and the Legal Profession", 6 Hastings Women's, Law Journal 27, Winter 1995 "Cultivating A Diverse Work Force", The National Law Journal, January 10, 1994 "Recruitment Requires a Commitment", The National Law Journal, November 29, 1993 "Law School's Women Still Blazing Trails", Special Supplement to the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal, "Hastings '93: Celebrating 115 Years of California Law", March 5, 1993 "Lateral Moves: Large Pool of Lawyers Available", The National Law Journal, August 24, 1992
“The Art of the Legal Interview”, in inside the Minds: The Art and Science of Legal Recruiting, Aspatore Books, 2005 "Job Search Skills: an Overview", in Employment Resource Guide, handbook produced by the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of California, for distribution at law schools, swearing-in ceremonies, and to all members of the Bar in practice for five years or less, 1995 "History of the Legal Search Profession", in National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) monograph, A Guide to Legal Recruiting, 1994 "Recruitment Requires a Commitment", in National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) monograph, All About Interviewing, 1994
"Mediation for Musicians", in The Musician's Business & Legal Guide, a Presentation of the Beverly Hills Bar Associatin Committee for the Arts, Prentice Hall (1996) "Artist Consignment Contracts" and "Mediation for Visual Artists", in The Visual Artist's Business and Legal Guide, a Presentation of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Committee for the Arts, Prentice Hall (1994)
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