American Conference Institute Rip Off - Conference Producer/Legal Conference Producer Job Work Scam - Benjamin Greenzweig, Stephanie Butler, Kenneth Horton
American Conference Institute seems to be running an unusual scam. They repeatedly relist positions for "conference producer" and "legal conference producer" with seemingly little or no intention of filling the position - how do I know? I was unfortunately duped by them and have met at least two other law school grads who were as well.
The American Conference Institute Scam works like this-
You respond to their job posting seeking a conference producer or legal conference producer that they flood on the major job boards. Kenneth Horton or Stephanie Butler will bring you in for a group interview with up to three other people up for the same position - that alone should have set off alarms -this is supposed to be an executive-level position, who does a group cutco style interview? They will tell you this is an exciting opportunity for an "alternative" legal career - meaning most of the people there could not hack it in practice or could not pass the NY bar exam. Anyway, they will give you a considerable "conference producer" work assignment that you are expected to put alot of time into - they give you 10 days. They put on legal conferences and tell you they want to make sure you can handle the written work. They will tell each of you to do a one day conference mock up (they usually have three day legal conferences) and turn it in. They will then call you back for a follow-up interview in which you basically give them your contacts list and other information. Then you are unlikely to here from them.
I do not care that I did not get the position but neither did the other people there whom I later spoke to. The listing has been relisted on the job boards for MONTHS - could it really take that long to fill a non-lawyer position - the answer is a definitive NO. So exactly what is the point of them having you do 20-30 hours of free research. Gee, three people doing a one day mock-up equals a three day conference for free for them lol. It is shameful they would do this to people in such a don economy but what do you expect.
American Conference Institute or ACI basically survives by fleecing attorneys for exhorbitant fees for legal credits. I guess those that can't do teach, and those that can't teach live off practicing attorneys. Benjamin Greenzweig, the "managing director" of a "legal think tank" is himself not a licensed attorney - ding ding - bells again, highly odd. There is nothing worse than someone who dresses like, speaks like, and practically holds themselves out as counsel - but they never went to law school.
Don't fall for the American Conference Institute conference producer/legal conference producer scam unless you want to just give them alot of free work product.
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