Desiree Jaeger-Fine - Profile and Journalist Details

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Happiness is not an elusive dream of a distant future depending on the sacrifices we make today. We are endowed with the ability to be happy right here and now. My new book dismantles specific thought patterns that education fosters so that we can find happiness in and beyond the law, not tomorrow, but today. Desiree Jaeger-Fine was founder and principal of Jaeger-Fine Consulting, a consultancy for international attorneys who seek to work in the United States. Desiree sold her first company, a professional online network for international law students, only two years after its launch. She is a member of the New York bar and has authored over 120 articles and three books about professional development and the U.S. Master of Laws degree. Her recent book A Short & Happy Guide to Being Hired was published by West Academic. Desiree was ranked in the top 5% of Amazon's Business & Money Authors. She frequently lectures across the U.S. and around the world, including in Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Mexico, and Spain. Desiree holds law degrees from both the University of Bonn (Germany) and Fordham Law School in New York from which she graduated cum laude with a master degree in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law. Desiree served as Chair of the New York City Bar Association's Law Student Perspectives Committee and was an active member of the National Association for Law Placement and the Career Advancement and Management Committee of the New York City Bar Association. She is past Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Law Student, LLM, and New Lawyer Outreach Committee and past Vice-Chair of the ABA's Young Lawyer's Interest Network.

Content

Total articles 49

• How to spot H-1B fraud

  By Desiree Jaeger-Fine| National Jurist Verified [Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the 2018 issue of The International Jurist magazine. It has been updated in particular places for relevancy.]How exciting it is to see a job posting that explicitly offers H-1B sponsorship. We are quick to send our applications and impatiently wait for an invitation to an interview. We finally receive an email, and we can’t believe our luck. We have an interview. We are asked to bring our resume, writing sample and passport. Wait! What?

  By Desiree Jaeger-Fine · National Jurist

  Oct. 14, 2022

• You've been admitted to an LL.M. program; now what?

  By Desiree Jaeger-Fine| National Jurist Verified You’ve been admitted to a law school’s LL.M. program. Here are the next steps, from accepting the offer to registering for courses. The admission letter will generally ask you to provide your answer by a specified date or within some specific number of weeks after receiving your admission. Please pay attention to this deadline. If you need additional time before making a decision, ask.

  By Desiree Jaeger-Fine · National Jurist

  Apr. 11, 2022

• Financing Your LL.M.

  By Desiree Jaeger-Fine| National Jurist Verified For many, the biggest hurdle in pursuing an LL.M. is neither choosing a school or LL.M. program nor the application process, but coming up with the necessary funding. Here are some ideas and resources that may help you locate funding sources inside and outside the U.S.Possibilities in the U.S.• Fulbright Scholarships The Fulbright program, sponsored by the U.S. government, is active in more than 155 countries around the world.

  By Desiree Jaeger-Fine · National Jurist

  Mar. 15, 2022

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