The Great Change: Turning Cathy into a Lawyer

Hey Cathy - I used Law Crossing to get my current job. I think it has good postings, and if nothing else, it's another resource. But whatever you do, don't sign up with Legal Authority, its sister company. Legal Auth is a huge waste of time and money. They didn't help me at all, and they kept switching the person who was supposed to be my main contact with the company. Nobody every actually picks up the phone at their call center. And, when I tried to just pay my balance in full and get out of my financing with them, they never answered the phone, and on the off chance I got someone's voicemail, they never called me back. I finally got someone on the phone yesterday after threatening to sue them (over someone's voicemail, naturally). Just ridiculous on all levels.

The point: Law Crossing, good; Legal Authority, BAD.

If you have any indication that people are actually finding jobs through this service, then I think it would make sense to sign up for a month. $30 is a small investment if it gets you a lawyer-paying job even one day earlier than you would otherwise get one. It will also give you an ability to see the variety of jobs and carreer paths that are out there (though most will be looking for someone with some experience).

On the other hand, I concur with your assessment that it will probably be tough going until you get your bar results...

Law Crossing is like the mafia -- once you get in, it's really hard to get out. I say this from personal experience. You will see some interesting jobs, but I always had the feeling it's like looking at the 50% off bin at Target since a lot of these posts are old and they don't really seem to update. My advice is this -- sign up for a couple of months, spend a while poking around for names and contacts -- you might get some ideas to head out in some directions you never thought about before. Then call Law Crossing (you can't do it online) and cancel. I say 1-2 months max, but hey, it may work for you, so give it a shot.

I signed up on two different occasions, and found law crossing to be a colossal waste of money. Perhaps the postings are better outside the Bay Area, but the overwhelming majority of posts were extremely old and didn't seem to correlate to actual open positions. Basically it seemed like they had culled free job boards and put them on their website. As the posters above me have said, it is next to impossible to cancel it, and should you sign up be prepared to be barraged with spam and junk mail at your home address. A friend of mine used their targeted mailing service and after spending a small fortune discovered that the resumes and cover letters they printed were replete with typos and outdated information.

Hey Cathy, it's me again - just another rant about Law Crossing/Legal Authority. As that other poster said, Legal Authority (the targeted mailing service) is horrible. They lure you in by saying they have "special contacts" and that they help you find all those jobs that aren't being advertised for (i know, i cant believe i fell for that). It's extremely expensive (you pay by the contact, something like $2 each which adds up very quickly).

The resume writers are awful and they use very generic ways of thinking that make me think that they just plug your biographical info into a form and voila! - a resume. Mine told me that I should not focus so much on my civil rights litigation and nonprofit work over the summers in my resume, because a lot of private firms wouldn't like that I was such a bleeding heart liberal with no the Man experience. Hello, I live in Boston, Mass - the bluest of the blue. the Man here is ted kennedy. Also, what else should I have focused on - my significant experience as a lifeguard? Ridiculous. And the cover letter they wrote me was completely, totally bad. I mean, I did used to work as a writer, so maybe my standards are a little high, but come on. I thought their attempts at revising my cover letter and resume were awful. I spent almost two months fighting back and forth with them over things that shouldnt have even been issues.

[breathe. Why am i still so worked up about this?]

And, when you cancel (IF you can finally trick someone into picking up the phone so you can cancel, supra), the best you can do is get a credit for future services, minus your ($200) membership fee. As if I'll ever set one cell of my body in Legal Authority's universe ever again. I really considered suing them to get my money back, but I decided that it wasn't worth the time, and I didnt feel like figuring out how to bring a claim in small claims court on top of everything else I was doing.

The ONLY good thing about Legal Authority is that when you sign up, you get a three-month membership to Law Crossing, free. Maybe it's because it was free for me, but I think Law Crossing was pretty helpful. More jobs than I found anywhere else, and they were all right in front of me (didnt have to look in 20 different sources to find the same listings).

Feel free to rant away! This post lives in the Google universe, so when other people go to look up what others have said about these things, the comments should come up.

My thinking at this point is to suck it up and do Law Crossing starting in April (might as well get the computer back up and running first...), understanding that it will be an immensely frustrating experience dealing with them, but to stay the hell away from the tangential businesses.

PS: I didn't know you were a lifeguard too! If Law Crossing doesn't come through for me, I may have to go back to doing that to earn a living...

For anyone who has actually used Legal Authority, what is the cost? I'm sure it not the same for everyone, but does anyone have any information on how they charge?

I wish I would have found this page before I signed up. I moved to Atlanta from Florida, where I was already barred and working as a prosecutor. Since I didn’t know anyone, I decided to give Legal Authority (LA) a try. I have just paid close to $1000 for this service. I ordered 350+ contacts.

I am hoping my experience proves you guys wrong. Some things ring true for me however. They have someone to answer the phone now, but he is not helpful and only ever refers to you an apt setter to get a free consultation with an advocate or directs you to speak to your advocate if you already have on. My advocate has been really responsive and easy to reach.

They had me answer a resume questionnaire before the reworked mine. They used most of my answers verbatim. The way they presented some of the information was not effective or to my best advantage so I reworked some of it. They did not give me a hard time about changing it. My cover letter was had a strong opening but struggle language wise. It seemed as if it was written by a 1L. Good ideas, bad form and awkward, long, complicated sentences. I cut and simplified and was very happy with the end product. They have been on the ball as far as getting things back to me timely.

PLEASE dear Jesus let this work. I could have done quite a bit of good with that money. I remain hopeful that they have worked out the kinks.

I am currently fighting with Legal Authority; while I was studying for the bar, this seemed like a good idea. However, the cover letters that they produced were SO poorly written that I would be embarrassed to actually send them out. I demanded that the cease any further work on them, and will not be editing them myself. What's the point of paying them hundreds of dollars if, as the posting above notes, they are poorly written and require that I re-write them so that they are actually presentable and seem to be written by a native english speaker.

AVOID LEGAL AUTHORITY AS IF YOUR CAREER DEPENDED ON IT. If their contacts and mailing information for law firms are as poorly researched as their letters and resumes are written, people only stand to make complete asses out of themselves by sending out letters produced by this service.

I used to think that LawCrossing was great, and even found a couple of part time jobs through them while in law school... Then I found a full-time job after law school and tried to cancel, here is the story:

I moved from the state where I went to law school to the state where I had my new job (P.S. I did not find that Job through LawCrossing). Before I moved in April of 2007 I called and canceled my LawCrossing account and the man on the phone said I had been cancelled. I never received any confirmation, and in retrospect that should have made me wonder, but I guess live and learn. Anyway, shortly after I moved I changed banks to a local bank and went on with my life unaware that LawCrossing had not cancelled my account and was in fact still racking up charges for me. In November of 2007 I received via forwarded mail an invoice for almost $150.00 from Law Crossing!!! I immediately called LawCrossing and asked why my account had not been cancelled. They had no answer. They actually essentially accused me of lying about trying to cancel the account in April and told me I could either pay or be turned over to a collection agency. I asked them why they thought I should pay for services I had already told them I didn’t want, and they essentially told me good luck proving it. Then the generous phone representative, who claimed his name was John Simpson and claimed to have no supervisor at all, said he could ‘make me a discount.’ What sort of discount you might ask??? 10% off of $150.00 in charges for services I told them in April that I didn’t want!!!

Long story short I ended up paying them $90.00, again, for services I told them in April I did not want, to be done with the situation and to keep than from following through on their threat to turn me over to a collection agency and ruin my credit.

The bottom line, DON’T GO DOWN THIS PATH. I got jobs off of LawCrossing, but none that were worth the drama and headache that resulted when I tried to cancel my subscription with them. They left me feeling extorted, harassed, and abused.

Cathy,

I notice that you eventually decided to go the lawcrossing route.

I am thinking the same thing, and I was just wondering how you got on with them now that its been 6 months?

Actually, I didn't. Mostly because my job hunting had largely ceased for the moment so there was no need for it. I need to pick up on the hunt again, though, so I'll have to revisit the issue. I can't say that the previous comments have been ringing endorsements, however. Certainly that sister service looks like a disaster, but I also have serious reservations about doing business with companies that try to help themselves to their customers' money long after they have any entitlement to it.

From the looks of things, Law Crossing would not appear to be worth the inevitable headache.

you are all retards for using law crossing

Anyone willing to buy like a joint account and see what the service is all about? if it's even possible. The key here is to make sure none of us screw the others over. but i dont think that'll happen. Aren't lawyers supposedly "ethical".

Thank you all so much for posting about Legal Authority! I was going to sign up with their service, but wanted to do a little research first. I have come across site after site of terrible reviews. I am sorry you all such bad experiences, but know that at least you are helping others avoid them, and that's good karma if nothing else ;)

I am unsure why everyone is so angry with LawCrossing. I've gotten two jobs through the service and there are a ton more jobs there than anywhere else--more than any site I've ever seen. I have no experience with Legal Authority but can only say good things about LawCrossing. Both times I cancelled it took less than a few minutes. The last time I cancelled I had to listen to a recording about student loan consolidatiobn for longer than I liked---but I still think it is a solid site. I get the sense that most of these postings are from competitors because I have tons of friends that think LawCrossing is fantastic so I am unsure where this is coming from.

Why don't you temp if you're worried about $30 per month? As long as you're admitted somewhere there's always work and it pays well especially in the NYC area.

Once you have a stable income, it's much easier to find a job and you're a lot more confident in the interviews.

Or if you don't have your bar results back you can always substitute teach. There's absolutly no reason to worry about spending $30 US per month if it gives you places to send your resume.

The people at Law Crossing are a bunch of white collar criminals. Both my husband and I have been foolish enough to sign up with them and bitterly regret it. Their postings are utterly useless, trying to unsubscribe is a nightmare, and their customer service people are belligerent assholes. Law Crossing is a total waste of money.

I have used Law Crossing, and they have terrible business practices. I continue to get charges from them a year later. They say there are "outstanding charges." They steal. I would seriously avoid giving them any kind of access to a credit card account. Plus, the jobs were all worthless- postings you could find on any job board.

My girlfriend recently signed up for Law Crossing. As to the quality of the postings, I can't say first hand, but she seems to be thoroughly unimpressed with them. As if that isn't bad enough, they immediately started robo-calling her cell phone to try and get her to sign up for additional services. She's now getting around 5 calls a day. The last one was at 4 a.m. this morning. And, since you can't actually speak to a human being, she doesn't know how to get it to stop. My advice? STAY AWAY!

Oh my God LawCrossing is AWEFUL and a bunch of SCUMBAGS to say the LEAST!!! They do have terrible business practices to say the least. Here is my HORROR STORY THAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS WEEK!!!!!

I'd like to share this info with you about law crossing and law crossing is such a SCAM and SCUMBAGS!!! So about 3 yrs ago I got out of Paralegal grad school and thought that Law Crossing was a good place to start looking for entry level paralegal jobs. Anyways, I never did find any jobs and like some postings on the Internet has said I had the same experience with jobs that were really old and some that never existed. So anyways, I'm 99.9% sure that I had canceled my membership like three years ago and I have kept getting bills and I have been battling them and they have refused to cancel my membership and finally got a hold of someone and the only way to get my account canceled was to be a complete asshole and to threaten them and they finally did cancel my membership but then that was like 500+ dollar bill. I had kept telling them that I have not used this account for 3 1/2 yrs or more and they didn't care and would and will not listen and always say well you still owe us. I was like screw it just pay the damn bill and go on.

But yesterday Friday, June 6, 2008 Lawcrossing crossed the line and without my authorization they took out $569.05 from my checking account YESTERDAY not to mention they had USED A VERY OLD EXPIRED DEBIT CARD OF MINE. EXPIRED AS IN 2005!!! I have just started a new job and looked at my checking account and new I had plenty of money in my account and then got an email warning me of a low account balance. I was like what the hell and I looked and my 569.05 was taken out from LawCrossing and I was like I never authorized that amount to be taken out. Plus the cents part is odd when someone pays their bills they typically don't say oh I'll pay for example $50.50 cents usually its like 50.00 even something like that.

Now Law Crossing claims that when I signed up that I ok'd for automatic withdraw well that makes me think hard because why then did they not keep taking out my monthly charges if I indeed signed up for auto pay???? Or call and say we have an expired card number and need a new number so we can process your monthly charges. I was flaming pissed as anyone would be for anyone just simply thinking it's ok to just go into someones account and take out what they think one owes for their benefit without calling, authorizing and having one specify what day and for how much to take out of my account!!!! It's totally ILLEGAL for any company or anyone to go into someone else's account and just take your money no matter if you even owe money for an account.

Plus on Law Crossing I had not used the account for some 3 1/2 yrs and these BASTARDS say shit like SO WHAT WE DON"T CARE that YOU DID NOT USE THE SERVICE WE STILL HAVE TO CHARGE YOU!!! So I have filed with my bank for a Chargeback. I told LawCrossing that I was filing for a Chargeback and they still were like SO WHAT it didn't even faze them!!! I mean don't you think that is legitimate CLAIM and for me to ask for a Chargeback???? It's a CRIME THEY ARE PULLING??? I'd like to hear other peoples opinions and horror situations with LawCrossing!! I seriously think that LawCrossing needs to be put out of business!!!!

I am glad I came across this site. I was just about to pick up the phone and join. I am a paralegal begining an new job search and only having to search only 1 instead of 100 search engines certainly sounds like money well spent for the service.

Anyone interested in Law Crossing should check for compliants filed with the BBB to check out the validity of the negitive claims above, since anyone can post a negitive comment, and as mentioned above, perhaps these are from compeditors (anyone remember the smear campaign against Lifelock?).

On the other hand, if people ARE in fact having these negitive experiences, they could be posting to vent and NOT filing a compliant with the BBB. So which would be true? On the other hand, if Law Crossing is as bad as the above posters, there MUST be SOMETHING of it recorded officially.

As for me, I will contact the BBB after this post, ask if/how many/ type of complaints there may be. If satisfactory, call LC, get information, names, and phone number re terms and cancellations, and send an email with my conversation.

Thanks to all who posted above. Is has better structured my strategy.

The guy behind it has at least 2 videos on YouTube if you need his name.

I am glad I came across this site. I was just about to pick up the phone and join. I am a paralegal begining an new job search and only having to search only 1 instead of 100 search engines certainly sounds like money well spent for the service.

Anyone interested in Law Crossing should check for compliants filed with the BBB to check out the validity of the negitive claims above, since anyone can post a negitive comment, and as mentioned above, perhaps these are from compeditors (anyone remember the smear campaign against Lifelock?).

On the other hand, if people ARE in fact having these negitive experiences, they could be posting to vent and NOT filing a compliant with the BBB. So which would be true? On the other hand, if Law Crossing is as bad as the above posters, there MUST be SOMETHING of it recorded officially.

As for me, I will contact the BBB after this post, ask if/how many/ type of complaints there may be. If satisfactory, call LC, get information, names, and phone number re terms and cancellations, and send an email with my conversation.

Thanks to all who posted above. Your comments have better allowed me to structur my strategy.

The guy behind it has at least 2 videos on YouTube if you need his name.

Hey guys. FYI. According to BBB's website, Law Crossing is given a "F" grade. The explanation for the bad grade is similar to the bad experiences described by the people here. I believe that is definitely something to think about in determining whether to subscribe to this service or not. Thanks to this board, it really saved me from a potentially bad decision.

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I thought you should know that the owner of this site is paying people to post positive comments. This site is a target (thats how I found you guys). He is paying $2.50 for a post. I have seem him pay as much as $10. This is easy to prove; go to amazons www.mturk.com. This is where he posts his tasks.

the owner of LawCrossing, not the owner of this blog
Sorry I wasn't clear.

I think LawCrossing is a great site and plan on using it when I get ready to relocate. I am a paralegal and based on the testimonials, at http://www.lawcrossing.com/lctestimonials.php and the fact that it has been ranked one the 100 fast growing companies in the US (see : http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200700720) I don't think you can go wrong. There are so many jobs to choose from, any qualified employee should be able to find work.

I'm not sure what mturk is but I have checked out the www.lawcrossing.com site for parallegal work and it seems to have a huge load of work available. I am sure that the bad postings on other site that I have seen have been flukes. Other members of rival companies often report their competetors to BBB to direct them to thier own sites. Other sites like Inc.com have said they were a wonderful source and it seems pretty good to me. Your can read testimonials on the lawcrossing site. Hope this helps.

As a recent graduate from Cal Western, with not the highest GPA, I thought passing the bar would be the hard part. It was actually finding a job. I was searching for 6 months before using this service with no luck what so ever, and with student loan payments creeping up it was getting scared. However once I found www.lawcrossing.com, it only took 2 weeks until I got a job. I am so impressed I even got a job through the service and was extremely impressed with the company's recruiters and personal service throughout the job search process.

I looked into a variety of different job board posting sites, and this is by the far best. I actually found them well doing research for some temp job on INC.com and discovered they were one of the top 100 fastest growing companies in the US, so they have to be something right!

With over 140,000 listing looking for legal employees www.lawcrossing.com has become one of the largest growing employment sites for the legal community. There have been negative comments left for by competing sites but the thousands of testimonies from the ones who have actually tried it and loved it cannot be ignored. The site has helped me find freelance work that I do from home and others who are more career directed have landed junior associate positions, legal secretary work, along with legal transcribers just to name a few. The daily e-mails that match you to available positions is a great tool. So I say Yay to www.lawcrossing.com and Nay to the competitors that are throwing negative comments its way just to protect their business, I feel that is a horrible business practice and their companies should be boycotted because of it!

Something is clearly going on. I'd appreciate if someone would send me a link and/or a screenshot from where this "task" is being listed.

For someone who just graduated with a law degree, LawCrossing is a very helpful website to come to. Although I have heard many people say LawCrossing is not very helpful to them, I found it quite the opposite. For someone who just got out of business school and need a job, Lawcrossing lists many entry level jobs, summer jobs, interships, volunteer opportunities, job at an attorney office. LawCrossing is so helpful because it save me time, I don't have time to waste when it comes to landing in the right job. With $30, Lawcrossing works for me. Lawcrossing send job alert to emails daily. In 2007, Lawcrossing was ranked 72 for the the most progressive company in the world. It is a legal job board. Its ability to find more than 80,000 jobs and post them online for the publics is very impressive to me. I think paying for the service is well worth it because the money rewards entrepreneurs who did such a good job of providing the helpful information. With the knowledge in the business, and the right connection you land in a high paying job. LawCrossing is that connect. It even give you contact information of employers and let you apply online. A beginner like That's an VIP priviledge right there. And with a long list of companies, you will know that there is a job wating. for job, provided that you have the knowledge and experience. Career advice articles in the legal profession is what I call smart news articles. You can read testimonial here http://www.lawcrossing.com/lctestimonials.php

I am a recent graduate from law school and am trying to find work in my hometown. The job market here, like most cities in the U.S., is not very good to say the least. However, out of all the job sites I have been looking at, LawCrossing has proven to be the best by far. There are too many job listings available in various cities to pass on this service. Yes, there is a monthly payment, but I have lined up two interviews next week with companies I would be excited about working with because of this service.

However, I once was quite skeptical as well, so I did some research. I looked at the testimonials here, http://www.lawcrossing.com/lctestimonials.php and they helped quite a bit as they involve people who have already signed up and liked the experience that LawCrossing provides. I also noticed the post above me spout out certain numbers about LawCrossing so I decided to check if those were true. It turns out they are. I found this website that summed up some of their proficiencies as a service in the law job market: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200700720 . It has quite an impressive resume that looks even better if you check out the extended profile.

I have to admit, I am thoroughly impressed with the amount of job postings and the number of employers that LawCrossing works with. It has the best service that I've found on the internet as far as finding jobs in the legal job market, due to it's constantly being updated and the vast amount of postings that are uniquely listed with this web service.

www.lawcrossings.com is a wonderful site. It is the largest legal job database in the world. You can find jobs with all of the top law firms, judges, corporations, and public interest organizations. It is well known that competitors of the site are posting negative reviews of the site on different places of the Internet. LawCrossing.com is the top legal job board in the world and was ranked the 72nd fastest growing company in the United States in 2007 http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200700720
and must be doing something right. In addition, the site has thousands of testimonials here http://www.lawcrossing.com/lctestimonials.php .

I think it is a really good website to find jobs in the legal field. I have heard that competitors of the site are putting up negative comments about lawcrossings all over the internet. However, it has been ranked 72nd fastest growing company in the United States in 2007 and is the top legal board http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200700720 . I, too, believe that they are doing something right. Yes, check out the testimonials. http://www.lawcrossing.com/lctestimonials.php .

This forum is clearly getting trolled. No way all those people would have independent posted those links (to the testimonials and to inc.com). Any prudent person would avoid law crossing.

The comments from June 27 and June 28 seem very suspicious. Especially since they parrot essentially the same idea over and over. At least the horror stories have some variety to them.

I found this page while searching for a coupon code. I think I've saved a lot more than $30.

Thanks to all,

Sceptic writes:

"The comments from June 27 and June 28 seem very suspicious."

The LawCrossing sockpuppets are out in force.

yep, force feeding the bs.

Im glad i found this site. I will not be using Law Crossings now.

Mike Stevens is the name currently used by the guy running Law Crossing and Employment crossing. He has a distinct Indian or Pakistani accent. He has posed as someone named John Simpson in the past, and used John Simpson's email account. Mike is a con-man. Do not send any money to Law Crossing or Employment Crossing. I signed up for a trial subscription according to which I could cancel during the first week. After I cancelled during that first week, my credit card was still charged. I called to confirm they'd refund to my credit card company. Mike promised yes he would. I asked him to email me written confirmation of the refund. He said he couldn't do it right then because he had to run to a meeting, but would do so tomorrow. If he does not, I will contact my friend who practices class action litigation at a huge law firm. He LOVES to file lawsuits against rip-off artists like Mike and Law Crossing. I told my friend I prefer to handle things directly, but he's sure there's a ton of people who would join a class action against LawCrossing, since bringing individual lawsuits is not as cost-effective. After finding this bulletin board, I see he's right.

I just signed up for law crossing and applied to a few "promising" positions for me. They are dated as being posted in the last month. I recently fouond out that those positions don't exist and for one company, it's impossible to check their job listings, as you need to sign up for an alert. This FRAUD!!!!

I would be up for a class action lawsuit agains LawCrossing. Count me in.

Jane

I recently applied for a few "promising" positions on LawCrossing. The postings were posted within the past two weeks, and I was fairly excited, as my qualifications matched up pretty well. I just learned that those employment postings don't exist at all.

I would be up for a Class Action lawsuit against LawCrossing !

I'm one of the first posters on this thread. Just to reiterate, the marginal help that LawCrossing provided was completely cancelled out by 1) the money issues, not least of all the trouble I had canceling the account, and 2) the complete incompetence of Legal Authority, the sister company. I have no outside interest in either company. I went to law school with the blog's author, and felt that I had a duty as a Nice Person to speak up about the ridiculousness that is LawCrossing.

In fact, I was recently laid off, and I am back on the job search. I also negotiated a credit worth several hundred dollars of LawCrossing's services when I cancelled my account initially. Even with the job market as thin as it is, and even with hundreds of dollars of free services in front of me, I still doubt I will go back.

I'm so glad I found this site. I was considering signing up and would've probably done so if they ad just listed their monthly fee on the website. After trying twenty different ways to figure this out on the site, it was clear to me that they were trying to hide the ball. A site that can't list its fees upfront makes it clear to me that something funny is going on. Thus, I did a quick google search to see how much I was getting myself into and found this site....Just as I suspected, its a scam. Thank you for this site. You just confirmed my suspicions and saved me $$$$... I did another google search of lawcrossing and Youtube..... You will find a ton of videos by lawcrossing for multiple cities promising to do the same thing (same script). If its sounds shady it probably is. Run, don't walk, away from this site.

I'm so angry that I found this website after "signing up" for Legal Authority. Now I'm getting flooded with junk mail and the occasional phone call. I want to thank everyone who posted on this site, even the suspicious postings. Those were actually the ones that convinced me that both Law Crossing and Law Authority are to be avoided.

Wow, looks like I dodged this particular bullet, thanks to a friend of mine. I asked him about LawCrossing and he said most of the jobs on that site were posted by recruiters, and not to bother signing up. He recommended Emplawyernet.com instead.

I considered joining Lawcrossing for the free trial period but decided not to when they asked for a credit card. Unfortunately, I had already given them my email address. Since then, they (and several other related web sites) have sent me daily email harassing me to join. It's impossible to unsubscribe. If they're this scary before you sign up, I'd hate to see what happens once they have your credit card.

I've used Emplawyernet.com and it's good. I haven't found what I wanted from it yet but the postings are current and from a variety of sources, including many government jobs.

Yeah, the web site says LawCrossing will not add your name to any mailing list if you give them your email address for trial access information, but this is BS - they will be emailing any address you give them constantly trying to get you to sign up. I think I must get an email from them almost every day now.

Very glad I found this site - like another poster, I was looking for a coupon code, and there's no way in hell they'll be getting a card number from me now after hearing about them deliberately refusing to cancel people's accounts and charging hundreds of dollars to expired credit cards they've got on file years later!

FYI, I got a near offer and an offer directly from LawCrossing listings, which conveniently pop up in my daily email. Trust me, they were real jobs, with real salaries. However, that was before the job market went the way the dodo bird. I think it's a good site if you are crossing many state lines, as I have had to following my spouse's career...
Good luck to all! And be so glad if you are able to establish yourself in one state!

Thanks to everyone for posting about the difficulties they've had with Law Crossing. The site looked shady to begin, since they listed the total number of jobs as 120k, and then break the jobs down by category and they had about half the number listed. If they can't get that correct, I wasn't going to send them my credit card without looking at a review. I'm very very glad I did. The last thing I want to have to deal with is crappy customer service.

Thanks again.

Law Crossing is a scam. while it may happen upon some real job postings (that you could probably find on the internet yourself) it also includes job postings that are so old that the contacts have moved on to other jobs and departments no longer exist. Yet, law crossing purports to have 'verified' these bogus job listings. There is no way to differentiate between legitimate job postings and the ones it is using to simply boast its numbers as having 'the most job postings' of any site. Don't waste your resume paper on these phony job listings.

Law crossing is usless cause it produces the same jobs you can see on craigslist and craigslist is free. Someone mentioned legal authority, "STAY AWAY" they are expensive and they have the worse resume writers and the contact information and it's not un updated.

If you are thinking of using a service such as this, i recommend LAWFIRMCONNECT.COM, inexpensive, and very useful, thanks to them I am now working as an associate attorney.

I used lawcrossing.com and I was very dissappointed with the result. The website lists may jobs, most of them required 5+ years of experience. The rest of the jobs are offers that can be found almost anywhere else. I am a recent graduate and I found the website to not be helpful at all and I would strongly encourage you to stay away from this website. I would suggest using a local bar assocation's career services or anything but this site.

Kyle

Hey, I am considering signing up for resume writing services at Attorney Resume. Anyone have any experience with them????
Thanks,
Andrea

Lawcrossing.com is essentially a scam. Many of the listings are duplicates of those on other (free) websites), the website isn't all that well designed, and, most importantly, their customer service is terrible. Their membership policies, as others have noted, are those favored by porn sites: require a credit card for a 7-day free look, hope people forget until day 8, cancel only by phone (!)and steadfastly refuse to listen to reason.

Hopefully the word scam shows up in this tread enough to get it high enough on a Google search to help others avoid the hassle.

Enraged Employee:

Hey Cathy and all,

Warning! Beware! I wish to tell all in no uncertain terms that Law Crossing, Legal Authority and hundreds of other sites bearing the tag ‘Crossing’ to their names under the flagship company Employment Crossing (example: HR Crossing, Marketing Crossing, Banking Crossing and what not) are the greatest scam sites on the Web.

Their head honcho Harrison Barnes based in Pasadena is a horrible white collar criminal. His co-conspirator Pranit Banthia based in Ahmedabad, India, is otherwise a good person but fell into making quick money because he is from Marwari community of Western India, a community known for ruthless business practices and profiteering. Pranit Banthia employed several ‘directors’ of doubtful career, who in turn engaged under-qualified and overpaid managers. One such director, Lalita, for instance cannot write a simple sentence in English, but rules over a team of several incompetent resume writers and job posts editors. One cannot expect much from such a bunch.

Perhaps you don’t know, but all job postings that you see on these sites are actually culled from other sites, ‘edited’ with some cosmetic changes, and then posted on these dubious sites. I can say it with conviction, because I know. I am (rather was) an insider. I worked for them as an ‘editor’ in their office in Ahmedabad, India, where almost all criminal work is done via outsourcing route. I joined them in March 2005, worked for two-and-a-half years, and was fired along with 200 co-workers in September 2007 when they couldn’t pay the salaries. At one time, they had 800+ employees on the roll, working 24/7 in six office premises on four floors of a single building. Today, they are limited to no more than 100 employees working in one office on the tenth floor, and are destined to vanish in thin air, because that is the top floor.

These are not the vengeful rants of a disgruntled employee. I am now gainfully employed thanks to early exit. I feel it is my duty to tell the real story so others are not misled. I feel sorry to work as an ally in their nefarious criminal activities. I seek apologies from all whose money was and being wasted. My sincere advices – please don’t fall in trap, don’t pay a single cent. Those who got a job (or claim so) are possibly the exception, not the rule.

Law Crossing sucks a waste of money and time---stay away

I am glad I came across this site as well. I was just telling my friend that I think that lawcrossing is a scam, largely because they just repost ads from free sites. I literally had found every job they'd posted on other free sites BEFORE I actually signed up. However, a word of advice: I actually have an email stating that my membership was cancelled. If they try to charge me, I will simply send the email to VISA and they will not pay for the charges. All of you can do this, if you've signed up with a Visa or especially Amex, which has great customer service on these issues. Also, it may be worth reporting them to the better business bureaus of your towns/cities etc. If enough people complain about something, often times states will take action to put illegal sites out of business (see the recent cases against foreclosure companies, claiming to "help prevent foreclosure", when these companies were actually just scamming desperate homeowners. The FCC filed the suit and won.) Remember other lawyers hate to see their brethren being scammed:)

Law Crossing is the greatest rip-off. They are crooks with poor customer service. Let me know if you want details, and I'll provide them all, but for now I will spare you.

Thanks for the tips about Consumer Protection and email confirmations about cancelling my account and being able to provide that to my credit card company... I just wish LawCrossing had my correct email address. I keep telling them that it is wrong, but it falls of deaf ears! I hate those people!

I have read all the posts about LawCrossing and can't believe they are not in real trouble. How were they able to use a credit card that had expired, anyway? And Linda, you probably don't want them to have your correct email!

The red flag for me was that nowhere on their website did they explain their charge system or how to reach them with questions, etc. They just want you to enter your email address and BELIEVE in "possibility". I wonder how they got started...

Also, there seem to be very few people independent of the LawCrossing testimonial site that say they got a job through them. Beware! And for those of you scammed, do use your bank service and credit card company to help you, they have helped me get $$ in the past from scam artists.

Thanks for all the great information. I hope this helps as well:

The Better Business Bureau rating for Law Crossing: F
"Our opinion of what this rating means:
We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practice."

I agree it is very difficult to find a contact phone number for LawCrossing (and then it turns out not to be a toll-free number). Therefore, here is the cancellation phone number buried in their Terms and Conditions:

YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH LAWCROSSING BY CALLING US AT OUR DIRECT LINE AT 626-243-1801 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 A.M. AND 5:00 P.M. (PACIFIC STANDARD TIME), MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (EXCLUDING HOLIDAYS), AND SPEAK WITH ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES TO TELL US YOU NO LONGER WISH TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SERVICE

Anyone who is considering a class action suit against these thieves, please let me know. I have been ripped off and am pissed. For the first week or so of the service I received e-mails with job postings, I sent cover letters and resumes to several of them, only to find that they weren't even hiring! Now I finally graduated and want to cancel, the only problem is cancellation is not possible on the weekend, or holidays, or outside of the hours of 9-5 Pacific time. Complete and utter BS. This has got to be wire fraud.

LawCrossing is a complete fraud. Having a hard time cancelling with them right now. My friend also had the same problem a couple of months ago. I was actually a member for about a year and a half. I was trying to be positive about the website. I finally decided to cancel when I sat and thought about it and realized that most of their postings are inaccurate (the job is no longer available or there was never a job to beign with). I've actually never had a call back from any LawCrossing postings, whereas I've had better success with other FREE websites. The customer service reps are a bunch of ASSHOLES!!! Please do not subscribe to LawCrossing. Not worth the money, and honestly, I've find all of LawCrossing's LEGITIMATE job postings on other FREE websites...

Glad you guys are there! I just agreed to a $29.90 debit by LawCrossing for the first 30 days of service -- cancellable within 7 days if I am not satisfied with what I see. I was thereupon shown a listing of some 80 jobs and specified six employers for "speed replies" by LawCrossing. I was unable to obtain contact information re other listed employers. That was the end of the trail. LC did not respond to my reply requesting further information re preparation of a resume; likewise no response to my request for information with which I could follow up on either the applictions supposedly submitted or contact information re other listed employers. Also no response to my telephone message to "John Simpson" (646-243-1801) requesting further information.

I have no reason to think that any action was taken by LawCrossing by way of submitting "Speed Replies" to any prospective employers. LC offers to supply a copy of all such applications ("select 'Send me a Copy'") but that option proves nonexistent once the credit card authorization is given.

LawCrossing website skillfully presents enough info to get authorization for a small credit card debit but, as it turns out, apparently has nothing to offer by way of bona fide job opportunities. Today is the seventh day to cancel. No instructions were given as to how to cancel. I have a telephone number (above) and a web address (jsimpson@lawcrossing.com). We will see what happens.

Glad you guys are there! I just agreed to a $29.90 debit by LawCrossing for the first 30 days of service -- cancellable within 7 days if I am not satisfied with what I see. I was thereupon shown a listing of some 80 jobs and specified six employers for "speed replies" by LawCrossing. That was the end of the trail. Unable to obtain contact information re other listed employers. Unable to obtain copies of applictions supposedly submitted. No response to my telephone message to "John Simpson" (646-243-1801) requesting further information.

Today is the seventh day to cancel. No instructions were given as to how to cancel. I have a telephone number (above) and a web address (jsimpson@lawcrossing.com). We will see what happens . . .

Carl and Stacy, I am still having trouble canceling with these people. I have contacted the California Attorney General's office and filed a complaint with them. I suggest you do the same. Last month, LawCrossing sent me an e-mail indicating that my account was canceled, but that it would continue on for another month. I then e-mailed John Simpson, and received a reply indicating that my service was ending immediately. To my surprise, despite the fact that I was no longer getting the service they went ahead and charged me anyway. There is no way these people should still be in business. If anyone is interested in putting together a concerted effort let me know. smp55@uakron.edu

Get a grip.
There are no such positions and never will be.
They will charge you as long as it's legal- and beyond.
Do something about it and spread the word.
Check out:
americanmaestro.blogspot.com/2009/01/employment-scams-target-professionals.html

franklysaurkraut.blogspot.com/2008/08/vanara-scam.html

www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/340/RipOff0340496.htm#319251

Here are some of the fake companies started by A. Harrison Barnes, the guy that has your money- in exchange for nothing.

AccountingCrossing
EmploymentCrossing
(Anything ending in Crossing)
LawFirmStaff.com
BCGSearch.com
BCGAttorneySearch.com
Law Crossing.com
JD2B.com
Judged.com
Juriscape.com
Hound.com
LawSchoolLoanReport.com
LawSchoolLoan.com
Legal Authority.com
LegalAuthorityFinancial.com
LawCrossing.com
Vanara

AmericanMaestro is 100% correct - I was duped into sending a resume to Vanara, after they listed a "Senior Corporate Counsel" position. There was no job. They sent me an e-mail telling me they would enjoy working with me, and that I had a "very strong resume". Their second e-mail arrived about an hour later, telling me that I should look for a job myself, and click on the various links to Law Crossing, etc. which were all sites that charge a fee to candidates searching for jobs. Totally bogus.

I have reported them to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, the California Attorney General's Office, and have requested indeed.com to pull their ads from their job postings.

The following was compiled from information obtained from some of the sites listed above, the BBB, and CA state offices. Bottom line is that A. Harrison Barnes is operating his sites illegally, has avoided paying taxes at least to the state of CA and might be guilty of consumer fraud. All of you might have a better recourse for recovery than just reporting them to agencies in a manner that assures that the complaints will end up in a heap of other complaints. CA Civil Code Sections 1812.500-1812-523 require A. Harrison Barnes to make certain filings with the CA Secretary of State for employment related companies and he has not done so for most of his companies and only filed for the first time last November for only the companies lawcrossing, employmentcrossing and hound. (This is also referenced in the better business bureau site which they claim as one of the reasons for the lawcrossing F rating). That means that anyone who forked over money, even if they received a service, is entitled to rescind the contract and seek back all payments with the potential for triple damages in certain cases. Every incidence of A. Harrison Barnes' failure to comply with this law constitutes a misdemeanor and the law states that, in addition to the Attorney General, any district attorney or city attorney is authorized to investigate and prosecute these crimes. So all of you may want to start contacting CA district and city attorneys to file criminal complaints and one of you may want to start the ball rolling as lead plaintiff in a class action suit against all of his companies, A. Harrison Barnes and other people who control the company. If you are really angry, you can also report him to the state bar association. And don't be intiidated if some lawyer calls you up and threatens you with libel. That happened to at least one person and it's insane knowig how unscrupulously A. Harrison Barnes operates.

This whole A. Harrison Barnes thing just keeps getting stranger and stranger. I looked up the names that americanmaestro claimed were co-conspiritors and a whole bunch of strange things came up with regard to a person named Carleen Trapp. Do a search for Carleen Trapp and there are several hits for advertisements to rental homes in Malibu. Then there are also hits for her as the single point-of-contact for VANARA, some financial company and even other pages that have her speaking about Legal Authority and Lawcrossing. All of the contact phone numbers are the same (the prefix puts her in Pasadena but other people have said that they contacted her in Utah so that is also strange). NOT A SINGLE SITE LISTED HER AS HAVING CREDENTIALS AS A RECRUITER OR EXPERIENCE WITH JOB PLACEMENT!

I then looked up Harrison’s South Lake Properties web site (www.southlakeproperties.com) and, sure enough, it shows the same two Malibu rental homes as owned by that company. Should be no problem because he is operating a rental business, right? Not so fast. Look up Harrison’s address on White Pages and it shows that his home residence is the same as one of the South Lake Properties homes. He also puts personal pictures up on his personal web site that seem to show him living in the same house. So the accusation that Albert and Joe C. made on www.RipOffReport.com that he lives in expensive Malibu mansions paid for by his companies seems very plausible.

The Internet is full of complaints that Lawcrossing, Vanara and some or all of his other companies are scams. Maybe, but there is still a picture emerging that sort of substantiates that Carleen Trapp is in fact helping Harrison Barnes to pull in cash from questionable companies like Vanara and she is also helping Harrison Barnes live a lavish life with the proceeds. Why lavish? Take a look at the rental rates for the two houses, he owns at least one uber - luxury car and claimed a couple of weeks ago to have either leased or bought a condominium in Las Vegas. It would be great to shed some sunshine on this in a lawsuit. It all seems very fishy.

So it looks like the one and only single point of contact for VANARA is also spending a lot of time helping Harrison Barnes operate his other companies and aggregating the money for Harrison to use. It doesn't seem plausible that Vanara can be a credible operation if only one person is a point of contact for all of the job listings but is busy with all of the other companies.

Can anyone who works or worked for the company please help explain how this all works and if it seems legit from the inside?

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (Or One of Them)

Good news everyone. It looks like Harrison Barnes shut down Vanara. Next are his other companies, especially Employmentcrossing, Hound and Lawcrossing.

Would luv to know if anyone knows what happened at Vanara. Was he fined or investigated? Is he going bankrupt? Did he fold under the pressures of all the criticism? Who now wears the Red Ruby Slippers?

I'm just really happy to hear he's/they're gone. Lawcrossing was a big scam. However, I believe Mr. Barnes is now operating under Lawfirm Staff. I continue to receive his spam email. Beware!

This is great information, thank G-d i didnt use legal authority, instead i used www.lawfirmconnect.com ... they are inexpesive and very accurate as far as contacts go, it may be a small company but it did the job for me.

This is great information, thank G-d i didnt use legal authority, instead i used www.lawfirmconnect.com ... they are inexpesive and very accurate as far as contacts go, it may be a small company but it did the job for me.

This is great information, thank G-d i didnt use legal authority, instead i used www.lawfirmconnect.com ... they are inexpesive and very accurate as far as contacts go, it may be a small company but it did the job for me.

Now that Harrison Barnes shut down Vanara, it looks like BCG Attorney Search may not be around for long. Since January 2009 recruiters have left the company in Boston, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Texas, Los Angeles and Washington DC. Last year the manager of BCG quit the company because he was tired of putting up with Harrison Barnes’s shady methods and other recruiters left in Atlanta/Charlotte and New York. Right now there is one recruiter that has not done any work this year for “personal reasons” and at least two other recruiters are planning to leave.

BCG now has a couple of people in NY, 1 in DC, 1 in TX 2 in Chicago and a couple in southern CA but only a few of those are active. Morale is terrible and Harrison never discusses departures honestly with the rest of the recruiters so it is not clear if these people were fired or quit. One thing for certain is that departures are usually bitter and Harrison Barnes speaks very poorly and disparagingly of his employees after they leave. What he says is much worse than anything written by the people he is suing and none of it is true. Harrison Barnes takes pride in running his businesses in secret while deceiving everyone including his employees. For example, during 2009 he constantly told the recruiters that BCG was strong and growing while the company was falling apart. The reason he speaks so poorly of other employees is so he can blame them for the problems that are entirely of his own making.

Part of the 2009 breaking point came in April when Harrison harassed the recruiters to attend a recruiting convention in DC and told the recruiters how important it was that everyone attend. Some people thought they would be fired if they didn’t attend. Then, instead of attending the convention himself, Harrison races off to a multi-thousand dollar motivational seminar (probably paid for by the company) and then continues to vacation in the Pacific. Harrison also annoys recruiters to fill their free in this bad economy time by writing articles and blogs even though he doesn’t pay any recruiters anything except for commissions and is less than honest with how he pays his recruiters.
I used to like Harrison Barnes but he couldn’t hide his true self this year. He became the Emperor with no Cloths and nobody would tell him the truth because he usually fired anyone who disagreed with him. I think the reason so much of the background is coming out now is because so people have left and are still leaving and have nothing to lose by revealing the truth. Every former and remaining recruiter at BCG are great, hard-working and caring people. It is a shame that it took so long for everyone to learn his true nature. My guess is that just about every remaining recruiter will leave at the first opportunity, especially as the economy gets better.

Heeeeee's Baaaaack!!

Harrison Barnes relaunched Vanara. The website is different but there aren't any names listed with the site.

I would like to know if anyone gets through to an actual employer if they use the new Vanara.

This all happened in 2008 but I guess my experience was not unique and people should hear about it. I signed up for BCG three times but was rejected as unqualified each time. The first time was because I only had one year of work experience. The other times I was told that my law school was not prestigious enough. My school is in the top 5o in the US News rankings but I know of two people who BCG accepted from schools in the bottom half of the rankings including Northern Kentucky School of Law and Tauro School of Law (no insult intended but that's just where the schools ranked). Then I couldn't get out of constant unsolicited e-mails from filling my inbox every day. The latest bulk of e-mails come from JDJOURNAL, another Harrison Barnes company.

Anyway, I tried Lawcrossing. I never was able to find out if the jobs that I applied to were real but I did get a letter back from the attorney general's office of a state next to where I live stating that no such jobs existed in their offices and further asked me why I thought that there was a job opening. I told them through Lawcrossing and the person in the office told me that they had a lot of problems with that company because they advertised many jobs that didn't exist including jobs for deputy attorney generals.

Then I tried to cancel my subscription and that was a total nightmare. No online or e-mail options so I had to call at my own expense because there was no toll free number. I was on hold forever only to reach a person with a typical U.S. name but obviously not from the U.S. He tried everything to keep me as a customer or sell me other products. I couldn't just hang up because I wouldn't be sure that they processed my request. After I finished with their customer service I immediately called my own state attorney general in MD, the attorney general in the neighboring state (PN) and the better business bureau to complain.

If anyone needs help contacting the authorities or filing complaints or wants more information my email is kennys@gmx.us.

Hello. I recently found this blog and I am Harrison Barnes.

First of all, I am very, very sorry for the difficulties people have had with our customer service at LawCrossing. I think that a lot of the comments about this are very upsetting and I will get to work on making sure that we do a better job with our customer service.

Second, LawCrossing is just a research service. LawCrossing goes out and investigates and looks for jobs on websites, newspapers and other locations and puts them on its site. We make extraordinary efforts to make sure that the information is current; however, there are cases where employers have put job openings on their site and failed to take them down after they are filled. Despite our best intentions, we cannnot guarantee that employers will take down every job off of their website. LawCrossing is an excellent service and a very good tool for a job search; however, it is not perfect.

There is nothing evil, scammy or nefarious about LawCrossing. LawCrossing is simply a research service for jobs. LawCrossing is registered with the California Secretary of State and LawCrossing pays taxes. LawCrossing cannot and does not guarantee you a job. It exists to do research. We do not post nonexistent openings on the site and would have no possible reason to do such a thing.

Third, there are several comments about the LawCrossing billing practices. We do charge a monthly fee for the service. It costs our company a great deal of effort in terms of people and resources to locate the jobs that we do. Regardless of whether or not people are using the service, we are doing the work and posting tens of thousands of new jobs on the site each week. The monthly charge you receive from LawCrossing is no different than the monthly charge you receive for your phone, cable television or other services that are always there. People who sign up for LawCrossing are free to cancel at any time.

Fourth, there are lots of comments here about other companies like Legal Authority. Legal Authority is a career marketing service that assists attorneys in mailing their resume out to employers. There is nothing evil or nefarious about Legal Authority either. Legal Authority is a very simple business: We research who is in charge of hiring in various employers and then assist attorneys in doing mailings. This is a very effective way for people to get a job. It is the method I have used for my friends when they were looking for a job.

I think that trying to work with and help lawyers is very difficult. The economy is not in good shape and people are under a lot of stress. LawCrossing as good as it is in researching jobs cannot solve everyone's problems. There are an incredible number of unemployed attorneys and frustrated people out there. I once was frustrated as well and wanted to lash out.

LawCrossing, Legal Authority and the other companies I have are resources to use in your job search to help you to get a job. If you do not want to use them then I do not want you to.

I think having the resources of LawCrossing searching tens of thousands of websites to locate jobs for you is an incredible benefit. Lexis, Westlaw and other resources that help you do research are also an incredible benefit ... but you do not have to use them.

I want you to know that I am very disappointed that some people have had problems with the LawCrossing research service. With my head in my hand and sighing I have spent the past two hours reading all of these comments and I will be making numerous changes to improve your experience. I have started these businesses to help attorneys because I was once frustrated with the lack of resources to help attorneys get jobs. I have dedicated my life to this and it is very hurtful to hear much of what has been written and has motivated me to improve your experience in all respects.

I want to help attorneys and law students and have been where all of you are. I really want to help and I appreciate your comments.

--Harrison

You are are full of it Harrison Barnes...

Ditto to Daniel. Harrison Barnes, Lawcrossing has had an F rating with the BBB for years with almost 60 complaints and you just now realized that your company has problems? What BS!! Here's a hint for you. When people talk about customer service problems we're talking about how obvious it is that you make it intentionally difficult to cancel. Want to fix your problems? Just let us cancel online so we can avoid the phone issues.

Legal Authority is garbage and there are so many better companies that are less expensive.

And you don't even answer the other slimy things about paying people to plant positive comments, spamming within all of your different companies, the fact that Vanara is a complete sham and that you're suing other people who complained.

Not only are your businesses run poorly with shady methods but the fact that you try to tell us that you just now get it doesn't say much about your ability as a good business person. I will laugh even harder the next time I get one of your daily BLOG SPAMs where you try to pass yourself off as a guru bussiness owner and employer/employment expert.

I don't know what Harrison Barnes is talkng about when he talks about being in good standing with the California secretary of state. California lists Lawcrossing's status as forfeited. I don't know the reason why but his parent company Career Mission (formerly Employmentscape or Juriscape) has the same status and that is supposedly for failure to pay taxes. Yet again, Harrison Barnes is spreading incorrect information and lying about his companies.

For what and why would Mr. Honorable Harrison Burns hire Indian employees in the mighty nation of India? It is an insult! I spit on your ear! All employees for the Great Dr. Harrison are Americans, such as I. We speak English excellently well and write many perfect, also flawless, resumes and cover letters.

Please, give us all the trust you have in your bones. We will never dishonor your ancestors. Let's make business!!!

With respect and courtesy,

Singh Prabhu

Harrison is hurt? Oh no!

Why hasn't anyone filed a class action suit against this joker and his companies?

From a recruiter's perspective, working with LawCrossing has been equally frustrating. I recently posted a position with LawCrossing and the experience has been very frustrating. Their "customer support" has been -- I don't know how else to say this -- utterly ineffective and incompetent. To this day, our posting still is not accurate. After multiple follow-up phone calls on my part, they still have not resolved the problem. With each call, I am promised that the problem will be fixed "within 24 hours." To date, nothing has changed and they have not solved our problem. I regret that I have subjected my client to this service. It's unfortunate because, under different management, this could be a good tool.

For anyone interested in filing more effective complaints against any of A. Harrison Barnes’s companies or interested in a potential class action lawsuit, please refer your comments to consumeraffairs.com. Each complaint is thoroughly reviewed by staff including attorneys specializing in class actions. A complaint form may be found at http://www.consumeraffairs.com/php/a_report.php and their position on class action review may be found at http://www.consumeraffairs.com/class_actions/. Consumer Affairs is a legitimate organization that does not seek a fee from anyone who files a complaint.

I don't know anything about the "scammy" nature of Lawcrossing, but I found a job through their listings.

I sent them an email to cancel, and they told me to call the phone number. I can't seem to actually talk to a person when I call the number, though. I get put on hold forever.

I'm tired of wasting my cell phone minutes trying to call. I'm sending a certified letter to their business address and initiating a chargeback on my credit card if they try to charge it again.

A. Harrison Barnse Now At Risk of Violating Federal Law!!!!

People who earn cash through ShortTask by receiving payment will now be required to disclose that they have been paid to post positive comments about companies (particularly those owned by A. Harrison Barnes such as Employmentcrossing, Lawcrosing and Hound) or face up to an $11,000 fine per violation. This according to an FTC ruling that deems such activities as endorsements and considers a failue to disclose payments as consumer fraud and deception.

Thanks for this post. i just got a US Attorney licence but have a degree from another country. I am totally new to the legal structure here and was just about to get the membership of both Legal Authority AND Law crossing since BCG attorney search, sent me this very nice mail suggesting so, when I applied for a job they have posted. I did consider whether the negative comments are from competitors, but the positive comments looks more suspicious and the whole picture does not seem right.

Lawcrossing will continue to charge you if you don't certify they closed your account. If you cancel make sure to get a confirmation # or email sent to you.

I'm glad I found this. I was a little skeptical to begin with after I checked out their "preview" listings; after filtering out the nonlegal jobs, recruiters, 90+ day listings, and obvious cut-and-pastes from other (free) sources, there was basically nothing left. I'm not about to pay $30 a month (!) to have someone copy a job listing from a state-gov website a week after I've already found it and applied on my own. That's even if I could pre-pay and let it lapse whenever I wanted.

I don't think this so much exploits desperate job-seekers, as prey on the idea that you can just pay someone to do ANYTHING, including the hard work of finding a job. It doesn't work that way.

Law Crossing = SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM....any questions?

does Law crossing have a customer service number, i cant find it anywhere?

A very important blog post about how A. H. Barnes operates his scemes may be found here (at the bottom).

http://www.ripoffreport.com/attorneys-legal-services/legal-authority/legal-authority-a-harrison-ba-573p4.htm

Looks like the rumors about outsourcing all operations to India are true. What a joke. Like I would ever trust a U.S. emloyment company based in India. I mean, in this economy I'm not even sure if I would trust one based in Canada.

Have anybody rented a Malibu home from them??

Lawcrossing refuses to honor the satisfaction guarantee posted on their website. Avoid a headache by bypassing them altogether.

Can someone please let me know the phone number to call for unsubscribing?